* C$ ends at C$1.0291 vs US$, or 97.17 U.S. cents * Weak Canadian inflation means no rate hike on horizon * US$ strengthens near 10-mth high on Fed QE debate * Bond prices mixed By Andrea Hopkins...

* C$ ends at C$1.0291 vs US$, or 97.17 U.S. cents * Weak Canadian inflation means no rate hike on horizon * US$ strengthens near 10-mth high on Fed QE debate * Bond prices mixed By Andrea Hopkins...

The increase, which is retroactive to 2012, will raise monthly bills an average of $1.94 and will be used boost pipeline safety and reliability. Almost 21 million residential customers of Southern California Gas Co. will see their monthly bills incre

May 3 (Reuters) - Traders of short-term U.S. interest rate futures continue to expect the Federal Reserve to hold rates near zero for two more years, even after a U.S. government report that...

Traders of short-term interest rate futures continue to expect the Federal Reserve to continue to hold rates near zero for better than two more years, after the U.S. central bank promised to press on with its super-easy monetary policy.

May 1 (Reuters) - Traders of short-term U.S. interest rate futures continue to expect the Federal Reserve to continue to hold rates near zero for better than two more years, after the U.S. central bank promised to press on with its super-easy monetar

May 1 (Reuters) - Traders of short-term U.S. interest rate futures continue to expect the Federal Reserve to continue to hold rates near zero for better than two more years, after the U.S. central bank promised to press on with its super-easy monetar

BRASILIA, April 25 (Reuters) - All of Brazil's central bank board members agreed on the need to start raising interest rates after a near two-year hiatus to fight naggingly high inflation, according...

BRASILIA, April 25 (Reuters) - All of Brazil's central bank board members agreed on the need to start raising interest rates after a near two-year hiatus to fight naggingly high inflation, according...

BRASILIA, April 25 (Reuters) - All of Brazil's central bank board members agreed on the need to start raising interest rates after a near two-year hiatus to fight naggingly high inflation, according to the minutes released Thursday from the bank's la

(The following statement was released by the rating agency) NEW YORK, April 24 (Fitch) The recent 25 basis point interest rate hike by the Brazilian Central Bank may prolong the recovery of the asset quality ratios of Brazilian banks and continue to

* Macklem says too soon to let guard down despite cooler housing mkt

* Macklem says too soon to let guard down despite cooler housing mkt

* Macklem says too soon to let guard down despite cooler housing mkt

* BoC watching for 2 pct growth, cooling debt, inflation pickup

* BoC watching for 2 pct growth, cooling debt, inflation pickup

* Bank not expected to raise rates until second half of 2014

* Mexico IPC falls 0.35 pct, Brazil Bovespa up 0.54 * Mexican index falls temporarily below 200-day moving average * Banking shares drop in Brazil after mild rate hike By Noe Torres MEXICO CITY, April 18 (Reuters) - Mexican stocks fell to a four-week

* Mexico IPC falls 0.35 pct, Brazil Bovespa up 0.54 * Mexican index falls temporarily below 200-day moving average * Banking shares drop in Brazil after mild rate hike By Noe Torres MEXICO CITY, April 18 (Reuters) - Mexican stocks fell to a four-week

* US jobless claims rise, factory data falters * Brazil disappoints investors who expected larger Selic rate hike * Brazil real falls 0.9 pct, Mexico peso drops 0.5 pct By Walter Brandimarte RIO DE...

* US jobless claims rise, factory data falters * Brazil disappoints investors who expected larger Selic rate hike * Brazil real falls 0.9 pct, Mexico peso drops 0.5 pct By Walter Brandimarte RIO DE...

The beleaguered iShares MSCI Brazil Capped Index Fund (NYSE: EWZ), the largest ETF tracking Latin America's largest economy, is trading modestly higher Thursday, a day after Brazil's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate to 7.5 percent from

* Mexico IPC drops 0.86 pct, Brazil Bovespa gains * Banking shares drop in Brazil after mild rate hike By Silvio Cascione and Roberta Vilas Boas SAO PAULO, April 18 (Reuters) - Latin American stocks fell on Thursday to their lowest level in four mont

* Mexico IPC drops 0.86 pct, Brazil Bovespa gains * Banking shares drop in Brazil after mild rate hike By Silvio Cascione and Roberta Vilas Boas SAO PAULO, April 18 (Reuters) - Latin American stocks fell on Thursday to their lowest level in four mont

WASHINGTON, April 18 (Reuters) - Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney warned on Thursday that interest rates could rise sooner if the growth in household debt, which is related to the housing market,...

WASHINGTON, April 18 (Reuters) - Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney warned on Thursday that interest rates could rise sooner if the growth in household debt, which is related to the housing market,...

WASHINGTON, April 18 (Reuters) - Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney warned on Thursday that interest rates could rise sooner if the growth in household debt, which is related to the housing market, was not tempered.

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 18 (Reuters) - The Brazilian real weakened 1 percent on Thursday after the central bank raised the benchmark Selic rate by 25 basis points, half what investors had priced in.

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 18 (Reuters) - The Brazilian real weakened 1 percent on Thursday after the central bank raised the benchmark Selic rate by 25 basis points, half what investors had priced in.

* Brazil ups Selic rate by 25 bps; investors priced in 50 bps hike

* Brazil ups Selic rate by 25 bps; investors priced in 50 bps hike

* Volume jumps as Bovespa falls to key support * Brazil seen starting interest rate hike cycle * Brazil Bovespa falls 2.05 pct, Mexico IPC down 1.42 pct MEXICO CITY, April 17 (Reuters) - Brazilian stocks dropped to their lowest level in nearly nine m

If Aetna does, in fact, hike premiums by more than 100 percent for some of its customers, as CEO Mark Bertolini suggested, no doubt part of that money will go to covering his shockingly lucrative paycheck.

* Economists see steeper rate increase in May, poll shows * JPMorgan, Citi, HSBC, Nomura expect rate hike this week * Growth, inflation view largely unchanged in c.bank survey By Silvio Cascione SAO...

* Tombini, Mantega comments signal rate hike next week * Mexican peso pulls back from 20-month high * Brazil real firms 0.18 pct, Mexico peso dips 0.45 pct By Tiago Pariz and Noe Torres SAO...

* Tombini, Mantega comments signal rate hike next week * Mexican peso pulls back from 20-month high * Brazil real firms 0.18 pct, Mexico peso dips 0.45 pct By Tiago Pariz and Noe Torres SAO...

* Central bank chief and finance minister signal rate hike next week

* Brazil IGP-M inflation jumps in the final 10 days of March * Brazil retail sales drop unexpectedly as inflation bites * Mexico peso, Brazil real gain on expected dollar inflows By Natália Cacioli...

* Brazil IGP-M inflation jumps in the final 10 days of March * Brazil retail sales drop unexpectedly as inflation bites * Mexico peso, Brazil real gain on expected dollar inflows By Natália Cacioli...

Hiring a U.S. Marshal to seize a debtor’s property is getting more expensive.

JAKARTA, April 5 (Reuters) - Bank Indonesia is studying the possibility of hiking its benchmark policy rate to deal with worries on rising inflation, the governor said on Friday.

Shares of U.S. health insurers rallied after CMS announced plans to increase the amount the government pays to insurance firms for its Medicare Advantage plan.

* Weak Brazil industry data lowers rate-hike bets * Brazil banks slip, homebuilders gain * Brazil Bovespa falls 0.18 pct, Mexico IPC up 0.46 pct By Asher Levine SAO PAULO, April 2 (Reuters) - Brazilian stocks were mixed on Tuesday as increased bets t

BRASILIA, March 27 (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank raised its inflation forecasts for 2013 and 2014, reaffirming previous signals that an interest rate hike could be on its way this year.

BRASILIA, March 27 (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank raised its inflation forecasts for 2013 and 2014, reaffirming previous signals that an interest rate hike could be on its way this year.

* C$ at C$1.0165 vs US$, or 98.38 U.S. cents * February inflation jump seen unlikely to spur rate hike * Expectations low for January GDP data due on Thursday By Alastair Sharp TORONTO, March 27...