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India Names Malhotra to Lead Central Bank
India has appointed career bureaucrat Sanjay Malhotra as the new governor of the nation's central bank, ending weeks of speculation over who would helm monetary policy in the world's fastest-growing major economy. The new governor, who...
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China Signals More Stimulus Is Coming in 2025
China signals its ready to dish out more stimulus in 2025. The move is seen as a response to the looming trade war with the US and China's faltering economy, and the incoming administration of Donald Trump. Bloomberg's John Liu reports.
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Fed 'At or Near' Point of Slowing Rates, Says Hammack
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack said policymakers are "at or near the point where it makes sense to slow the pace of rate reductions," citing a strong economy and still-elevated inflation. Hammack spoke Friday at...
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Pace of Fed Rate Cuts Has to Slow: BlackRock's Rosenberg
"Monetary policy is not as restrictive as they think it is," Jeffrey Rosenberg, systemic multi-strategy fund portfolio manager at BlackRock, says on "Bloomberg Surveillance." The US job market showed a solid advance in November, with...
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BOE's Dhingra Says She's in Favor of 'Gradual' Rate Cuts
Bank of England rate-setter Swati Dhingra warned that high interest rates are bearing down on the economy by curbing consumer spending and business investment. Talking with Bloomberg's Lizzy Burden, Dhingra said she is in favor of a...
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Fed's Musalem: Time May Be Near to Slow or Pause Cuts
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President Alberto Musalem said, "the time may be approaching to consider slowing the pace of interest rate reductions, or pausing, to carefully assess the current economic environment, incoming...
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Özkural: Impossible To Talk Markets Without Geopolitics
Markets are factoring in the political turmoil in South Korea and France as well as the conflicts in Europe and the Mideast. That's according to Ozan Özkural, Founding Managing Partner at Tanto Capital Partners who spoke to Bloomberg's...
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JPMorgan AM Says Avoid French Bonds, Favors Italy or Spain
Iain Stealey, international chief investment officer for fixed income at JPMorgan Asset Management, shares his views on European and US bonds and central banks' policies. French bonds and stocks came under renewed selling pressure...
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Pakcan: Nigeria Could Ease Rates in Q2 of 2025
Nigeria's inflation has risen to above 30% with the Central Bank expected to hike rates this week. But Ebru Pakcan Head of Middle East and Africa Cluster at Citi told Bloomberg's Paul Allen on Horizons Middle East and Africa that the...
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Japan's Opposition DPP Says BOJ Rate Hike Won't Derail Budget Talks
Motohisa Furukawa, tax chief of Japan's opposition Democratic Party for the People, whose support is needed by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's minority government, says the central bank likely won't change policy abruptly enough to...
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In Full: Federal Reserve's Kashkari on Rates, Trump Tariffs, Bitcoin
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari discusses the central bank's policy, President-elect Donald Trump's tariffs, China's economic slowdown, and why he still doesn't get bitcoin. He speaks with Bloomberg...
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Fed to Pause for 2025, Says Deutsche Bank's Luzzetti
Matthew Luzzetti, chief US economist at Deutsche Bank, explains why he sees an extended pause on interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve for all of 2025 after a 25 basis-point cut in December.
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ECB's Schnabel Warns Against Cutting Rates Too Far
European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said the ECB needs to be wary of cutting interest rates too far as borrowing costs are already near a level that no longer restrains the economy, and going lower could...
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Full Rachel Reeves speech at Bayes Business School
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves gives a speech at the Mais lecture held at the Bayes Business School, at the City University of London.
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OECD Cuts 2024 Global GDP Forecast on Rate Hikes
The latest forecast from the OECD shows the world economy set for a slowdown as interest-rate increases weigh on activity and China's pandemic rebound disappoints. OECD Chief Economist Clare Lombardelli explains the results on "Bloomberg...
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BOJ's Ueda Drops 'Shock and Awe' on Path Toward Policy Normalization
The Bank of Japan's policy decision is seen as the wild card in this week's central banks' bonanza due to its history of surprising markets. And BOJ watchers say Governor Kazuo Ueda maybe is laying the groundwork for the eventual...
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King Dollar Is Back, HSBC's Chew Says
Joey Chew, head of Asia foreign exchange research at HSBC, discusses the outlook for the dollar, European and Asian currencies, and central banks' policies. She speaks with David Ingles, Yvonne Man and Rishaad Salamat on "Bloomberg...
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Lagarde Reiterates 'Sufficiently Restrictive' ECB Rates
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde reinforced the message that interest rates will be set "at sufficiently restrictive levels for as long as necessary," during a pre-recorded statement at an ECB conference in Frankfurt on...
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Japanese Assets Look Attractive, Wells Fargo Says
Gary Schlossberg, global strategist at Wells Fargo Investment Institute, discusses financial markets, economies and policies of Japan, the US and China. He speaks with Haidi Stroud-Watts and Shery Ahn on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia."
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Kanda, Suzuki Decline to Confirm Yen Intervention
Japan's top finance officials kept investors guessing Wednesday by declining to confirm whether Tokyo stepped into markets to prop up the yen amid speculation of a fresh round of intervention.
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ECB Pauses Rate Hikes for First Time in More Than a Year
The European Central Bank held the deposit rate at 4% Thursday, pausing a cycle of 10 back-to-back hikes. Maria Tadeo reports on Bloomberg Television
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ECB 'Not Exactly' Done, Says Former President Trichet
Jean-Claude Trichet, former European Central Bank President, says the ECB is out of "unconditional forward guidance" and that it is his hope that the central bank has concluded with rate hikes. He examines their latest monetary policy...
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ECB Rate Decision: What to Watch for
The European Central Bank is expected to hold interest rates steady for the first time in more than a year Thursday following 10 back-to-back increases. Maria Tadeo has a preview on Bloomberg Television.
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BlackRock's Brazier Expects BOE to 'Sit Tight'
Alex Brazier, BlackRock managing director and deputy head, expects the Bank of England to "sit tight" and leave interest rates alone. He says rates are at a restrictive level and working the way the policymakers intended.
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