MashGet

April 22 (Bloomberg) -- Australian and New Zealand centralbanks can cut interest rates further, making them better placedthan counterparts to cushion their economies from the globalrecession, the International Monetary Fund said. “Conservative monetary and fiscal policy management inthese economies now leave ...Read More

Traian Basescu, Romania's incumbent president, has won the first round of the country’s presidential elections. The victory on Sunday will allow him to face Mircea Geoana, the leftist leader, in runoff elections scheduled for December 6. Exit polls showed the incumbent garnering ...Read More

BUCHAREST, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Incumbent president Traian Basescu won the first round of Romania's presidential election on Sunday, and will face leftist leader Mircea Geoana in the Dec. 6 runoff, exit polls showed. The election is vital to solving a ...Read More

Filed at 2:10 p.m. ET BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Incumbent President Traian Basescu won the first round of Romania's presidential election on Sunday, and will face leftist leader Mircea Geoana in a December 6 runoff, exit polls showed. Surveys by pollsters INSOMAR and ...Read More

Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury two-year note yields fellto the lowest level this year on concern the rally in riskassets has outpaced growth prospects and as Federal Reserveofficials signaled interest rates will remain near zero. Three-month bill rates turned negative on ...Read More

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan will probablysignal today that it’s in no hurry to raise interest rates fromnear zero amid mounting government pressure to combat deflation. Governor Masaaki Shirakawa and his colleagues will keepthe benchmark rate at 0.1 ...Read More

* Merchants fee limits could raise consumers' costs-GAO * Limit on fees could hurt merchants-GAO * Shares of MasterCard rise, but Visa falls (Adds analysts comments, updates stock price) NEW YORK, Nov 19 (Reuters) - U.S. congressional auditorssaid it would be hard to ...Read More

Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar traded near a three-weeklow against the euro after Federal Reserve Bank of St. LouisPresident James Bullard said past experience indicates policymakers may not start to raise interest rates until early 2012. The dollar may fall ...Read More

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Three subsidiaries of Wells Fargo (WFC) have agreed to repay customers about $1.4 billion to settle a lawsuit alleging the company improperly marketed risky investments as safe. California Attorney General Jerry Brown sued the bank in April over ...Read More

Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Bank of St. LouisPresident James Bullard said it’s difficult to identify asset-price bubbles, and it’s not “practical” to adjust U.S.monetary policy to account for surging Asian markets. “It is very hard to identify a bubble,” ...Read More

* U.S. dollar retreats after biggest rally in 3 weeks * BoE minutes seen as relatively dovish; sterling hit * U.S. CPI up 0.3 percent but core inflation tame (Updates prices, adds detail) NEW YORK, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The dollar slid against ...Read More

Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar dropped against the euroas Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullardsaid past experience indicates policy makers may not start toraise interest rates until early 2012. Sterling slid from almost a two-month high against ...Read More

While this Fed President can't actually vote this year, he'll be able to next year. Bloomberg: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said policy makers may not start to raise rates until early 2012 while facing a “too ...Read More

Washington, November 18 - St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said today that the market is overly focused on interest rate policy when it should focus on quantitative monetary policy. 'The market's focus on interest rates is disappointing, given quantitative ...Read More

* CPI turns positive after four months of decline * Core inflation hotter than expected * Inflation not seen as concern to Bank of Canada yet OTTAWA, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Inflation returned to Canada inOctober after a short deflationary bout but prices ...Read More

Stocks finished an erratic session mixed Tuesday as higher commodity prices lifted energy and materials shares. The meager advances were enough to push stocks to new 13-month highs, though more shares fell than rose at the New York Stock Exchange. The ...Read More

Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Gold prices rose, extending theNovember rally, on bets that central banks and investors willincrease demand for the precious metal as an alternative asset. The International Monetary Fund said yesterday it sold 2metric tons of gold, valued at ...Read More

BEIJING-A growing number of global leaders are urging China to look to its long-term interests and allow its tightly controlled currency to rise. But they are encountering reluctance from a government still very much worried about the economy in the ...Read More

Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Bank of RichmondPresident Jeffrey Lacker said central bank officials can’t be“paralyzed” by weak parts of the economy that may keep themfrom raising interest rates to contain inflation. “There is no doubt that we must be ...Read More

Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Industrial production and wholesaleprices in the U.S. rose less than forecast in October, givingthe Federal Reserve more reason to keep interest rates near arecord low for an “extended period.” Total output rose 0.1 percent, restrained by the ...Read More

WASHINGTON -- U.S. core wholesale prices unexpectedly fell in October while industrial output rose by less than forecast, giving the Federal Reserve more ammunition to keep interest rates close to zero. The producer price index for finished goods rose 0.3% on ...Read More