Author Archives: Syndicated Content
BOJ may conduct long-term review of monetary easing – sources
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan may conduct a comprehensive review of the impact of the monetary easing steps it has taken over the longer term, an idea recently flagged by its new...
Apr 24, 2023
Guatemala not asking Taiwan for ‘free money’, does not owe debt like Honduras
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Guatemala is not asking for "free money" from Taiwan and does not owe debt in the same way Honduras does, but is looking for long-term investment and trade, senior Guatemalan financ...
Apr 24, 2023
Kenya opposition says it will resume protests on May 2
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's main opposition party said on Monday it will resume protests over high living costs and alleged election fraud because of what it called the government's lack of commitment...
Apr 24, 2023
Exclusive-China guides banks to further cut deposit rates – sources
(Reuters) - China nudged banks this month to cut deposit interest rates further, seven people with knowledge of the matter said, in the latest effort to channel the country's vast savings pool into sp...
Apr 24, 2023
Russia urges Armenia, Azerbaijan to comply with ceasefire agreement
(Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry on Monday urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to comply with a 2020 ceasefire agreement, as it expressed "serious concern" about escalating tensions over the disputed Na...
Apr 24, 2023
Roma pilgrims seek just ‘one glimpse’ of Pope Francis at Hungary Mass
By Krisztina Fenyo BUDAPEST (Reuters) - When Pope Francis visited Hungary two years ago, Roma pilgrim Csaba Kovesi, accompanied by a cross blessed by Francis and Pope John Paul II, drove around the co...
Apr 24, 2023
Bitcoin could hit $100,000 by end-2024, Standard Chartered says
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) - Top cryptocurrency bitcoin could reach $100,000 by the end of 2024, Standard Chartered said on Monday, saying that the so-called "crypto winter" is over. Bitco...
Apr 24, 2023
China respects ex-Soviet states as sovereign nations – foreign ministry
BEIJING (Reuters) - China respects the status of the independent sovereign nations that emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday, after Beijing's envo...
Apr 24, 2023
Italy plans looser rules on short-term jobs, tax cuts on wages
By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) - Italy plans contested legislation that will make it easier for firms to hire workers on short-term contracts, as part of a set of measures aimed at boosting jobs and...
Apr 24, 2023
Climate change fight a ‘core duty’ for central banks – ECB’s Villeroy
LONDON (Reuters) - France's central bank governor Franois Villeroy de Galhau has pushed back against recent criticism of central banks' increasing involvement in the fight against climate change, call...
Apr 24, 2023
