Enter Donald Trump. The new US president could call on Opec. He can pledge to ratchet up oil sanctions on Russia to the point where their impact becomes more acute: these would target not only ...

The ECB (European Central Bank) continued policy normalisation today, with another 25 basis points (bps) worth of cuts across all three benchmark rates. This marks the fourth consecutive rate ...

Cutting the key central bank rate is expected to lower the cost of borrowing as commercial lenders use it as a base onto which they load their margins and risk profile of individuals when ...

Gold prices rose to hit a lifetime high on Thursday while the focus was also on a crucial inflation report for clues on the ...

The Governing Council today decided to lower the three key ECB interest rates by 25 basis points. In particular, the decision to lower the deposit facility rate – the rate through which we steer the ...

JOHANNESBURG - The South African Reserve Bank (SARB)'s monetary policy committee said it remained concerned about the ...

Donald Trump has rounded on the US Fed, threatening to unravel the political neutrality that has underpinned decades of stability.

A credit-rating agency warned that inflation could remain above the Federal Reserve's 2% target because of uncertainty about President Donald Trump's economic policies.

The first central bank meetings of 2025 suggest it will be a year in which policymakers go their own way as economic paths diverge, as the United States holds interest rates steady, the euro zone cuts ...

A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or ‘mission’), in most cases to a member country. Missions are undertaken as part of ...

Interest rate cuts are always good for most businesses, but we may not be getting the dramatic cuts that we were hoping for.

Risks to the U.S. stock market are piling up as cracks emerge in the technology trade and the path for interest rates is clouded by persistent inflation worries that are being exacerbated by the ...