Finance - general
Yuan at record high as US Congress set to review policy
13 Sep 2010
Adept at dodging impending action against them China allowed its currency to rise to a record high against the dollar with the US Congress all set to discuss Beijing’s currency policy on 15-16 September.
Karzai says all’s well after run on Kabul Bank
03 Sep 2010
Afghanistan struggled to restore customer confidence after depositors began a run on the country’s biggest bank soon after the Central Bank removed its top two executives.
BIS survey: Daily forex trade at a high of $4 trillion
01 Sep 2010
Daily currency trading in global markets has grown to an average of $4 trillion a day, says a survey, with big banks losing their dominant position to hedge funds and other financial institutions.
US Fed removes anomaly which sparked sub-prime crisis
18 Aug 2010
The US Federal Reserve finally moved to end a lending practice that was directly responsible for fuelling the housing boom and, subsequently, its collapse.
US Fed moves to shore up faltering economy
11 Aug 2010
In another attempt to shore up a faltering economy the US Federal Reserve has decided to buy more government debt ensuring that money is not drained out of the financial system.
China makes record purchases of Japanese debt
09 Aug 2010
China was a net buyer of Japanese bonds for a sixth straight month in June which is the biggest annual increase on record dating from 2005.
RBI, SEBI oppose new law to resolve ULIP-type issues
09 Jul 2010
RBI and SEBI feel that if Parliament ratifies the ordinance, the joint committee could turn out to be a super-regulator
BIS warns of asset bubbles, inflation in emerging nations
29 Jun 2010
Emerging economies may need to raise interest rates and allow currency to appreciate as liberal monetary policies will spur inflation and asset bubbles, the Bank for International Settlements has said.
Sinking euro is good for exports, says EU
25 Jun 2010
The euro’s decline in recent months may boost exports from the currency area by 5 per cent, though the longer-term impact on economic growth is “less certain,” the EU said Thursday.
Yuan free float won’t correct trade imbalances: UNCTAD
18 Mar 2010
UN agency UNCTAD has joined the fray in the rising debate over yuan appreciation by asserting that a free floating yuan will not resolve global trade imbalances and that multilateral response was needed.
Yuan firms up slightly as Obama urges revaluation
12 Mar 2010
The People's Bank of China set the yuan's central parity rate slightly higher against the US dollar even as president Obama fired a fresh salvo asking China to heed international calls to revalue its currency.
IMF puts China’s currency issue on centre stage
02 Mar 2010
The IMF has brought the matter of the revaluation of the Chinese currency centre stage by saying it was "substantially undervalued" and hampered recovery in the global economy.
RBI relaxes guidelines for external commercial borrowings
09 Feb 2010
The Reserve Bank has authorised Category I authorised dealer banks to allow relaxations in the drawdown and repayment schedule of external commercial borrowings.
Sovereign debt "most significant” global risk: WEF
16 Jan 2010
A report from the World Economic Forum says that sovereign debt default is the most significant amongst all the global economic risks in the world today and could lead to "full-fledged sovereign debt crises" beginning this year.
No plan to tax FII fund inflows, says Pranab
12 Dec 2009
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