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TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan has made “the appropriate policy decision at the appropriate time”, the head of Japan’s biggest business lobby said, welcoming Governor…

By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s top banks said on Tuesday they would raise interest rates on ordinary yen deposits for the first time in…

By Noele Illien and Stefania Spezzati ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss National Bank called on Tuesday for an overhaul of bank capital regulations, saying that Switzerland…

By Alexander Cornwell ABU DHABI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates is quietly urging the European Union to start talks on a trade pact separate from…

By Mark John and Francesco Canepa (Reuters) – Eighteen months after Europe ended its decade-long experiment with negative interest rates, the Bank of Japan has done…

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Central Bank policymakers have started contemplating interest rate cuts and most of the public commentary points to an initial move in June,…

By Francesco Canepa and John O’Donnell FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Central Bank policymaker Martins Kazaks said on Tuesday he was “comfortable” with investor bets on three…

(Reuters) – Mexico’s central bank is expected to cut its benchmark interest rate this week, according to a Reuters poll on Tuesday, which would mark the…

By Naomi Rovnick and Alun John LONDON (Reuters) – Global interest rates are in flux. The Bank of Japan, a holdout dove as central banks across…

By Brigid Riley and Junko Fujita TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) will scale back the maximum limit of its purchases of Japanese government…