Central banks face limits to how much they can dampen the economic impact of sho...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a Democratic presidential candidate, pressed the chief executives of five major U.S. banks on how they are preparing for the potential financial damage of the coronavirus outbreak.In a series of Friday letters, Warren asked the chiefs of JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley to explain how they will "evaluate the risks to your institution and its customers associated with...
Shares head higher as the Bank of Japan joins the US Federal Reserve in promising to prop up markets.
Stock futures plummeted Sunday night — a sign that the markets may be in for another rough week as fears around the coronavirus outbreak continue to mount.
European banks have long been considered one of the weaker links in the global financial system. The coronavirus outbreak on the continent poses a fresh test of their health.
Several of the biggest U.S. banks and the nation’s largest life insurer expanded their restrictions on employee travel Monday, curbing all non-essential trips abroad as the coronavirus spreads across the globe.
International leaders are discussing a coordinated effort to prop up the global economy as the coronavirus continues to spread.
The country’s biggest banks are asking federal officials for long-sought regulatory relief as part of the government’s efforts to contain the economic...
Low-interest loans, tax cuts and deductions also enter fight against epidemic
Richard Kelly, head of global strategy at TD Securities, discusses the Fed's decision to cut rates in response to the global coronavirus crisis.
There's not much monetary policy can do to save the global economy â especially when some major central banks have already cut interest rates into the negative territory, economists say.
A teller at a bank in Dubai. The UAE central bank has trimmed interest rates in line with the US Fed move. It has also asked banks operating in the country to reschedule loans and take a lenient view on fees and commissions. Image Credit: Gulf News Archives Dubai: Central banks in the Gulf late Tuesday cut key interest rates following the 50 basis points (0.5 per cent) rate cut by the US Federal Reserve as an emergency monetary policy response...
Japanese bank investors are bracing for more pain as the coronavirus worsens the profit outlook on almost every front.
Swiss banks Credit Suisse and UBS have joined other global lenders in imposing restrictions on international travel to stem the spread of the virus, people familiar with the situation told Reuters, while France's Natixis and Societe Generale and Spain's BBVA also said they had stopped staff going
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NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - India is pushing state-run banks to approve new loans amounting to 500-600 billion rupees ($6.8-8.2 billion) by the end of March, according to two government sources, as authorities seek to shore up a stuttering economy as the coronavirus spreads. Public-sector banks have
Global banks and small investment firms in Europe are urging staff to work from home and curb travel as the financial industry braces for disruption from
Indonesian authorities urged its top banks to lower interest rates and boost lending to sectors hit by the coronavirus.
The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is appealing with banks to find a...
The European Central Bank has asked banks to review their business continuity pl...
The European Central Bank has asked euro zone banks to review their business continuity plans and the actions they can take to prepare for and minimize the potential adverse effects of the coronavirus, a letter seen by Reuters shows. In the letter dated Tuesday, the ECB asked banks to establish adequate