LONDON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Central banks in Britain and Sweden cut their key interest rates to 2 percent Thursday to provide liquidity to financial markets.
LONDON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Inflation in Britain fell in October by the biggest margin since 1997, possibly signaling a central bank lending rate cut in December, an economist said.
SEOUL, July 10 (UPI) -- South Korea's central bank, faced with rising inflation and a slowing economy, Thursday left its key interest rate unchanged at 5 percent.
FRANKFURT, Germany, March 6 (UPI) -- The European Central Bank left its key interest rate unchanged at 4 percent, the bank announced Thursday.
LONDON, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Financial analysts say the European Central Bank is walking a fine line between trying to cool inflation without hurting the economy.
VIENNA, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The European Central Bank and the Bank of England have left key policy interest rates on hold.
FRANKFURT, Germany, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- The European Central Bank is keeping its interest rates unchanged this month but indicated it will raise them in September, a report says.
LONDON, April 19 (UPI) -- A run on cheap fixed-rate mortgages has prompted nearly a dozen British banks to end the deals and replace them with higher-rate loans.
NEW YORK, April 13 (UPI) -- The euro rose as high as $1.3534 Friday, a 27-month record, in anticipation of rising interest rates in the European Union's eurozone.
BRUSSELS, March 30 (UPI) -- Inflation in the 13 countries using the euro as their currency rose 0.1 percent to 1.9 percent, the European Union's Eurostat data agency reported Friday.
TOKYO, March 20 (UPI) -- The Bank of Japan said Tuesday it would hold its benchmark interest rate steady at 0.5 percent after raising it a quarter point a month ago.
FRANKFURT, Germany, March 8 (UPI) -- The European Central Bank raised a key interest rate a quarter-point to 3.75 percent Thursday, affecting the 13 countries using the euro as their currency.
BEIJING, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- China's central bank has no target for interest rates, but does not plan any interest-rate increases soon, a top bank official said Tuesday.
FRANKFURT, Germany, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- The European Central Bank kept a key interest rate for countries using the euro as their currency on hold at a five-year high of 3.5 percent Thursday.
LONDON, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- England's central bank left a key interest rate unchanged Thursday after three rate increases since August.
