After the Bank of Japan cut rates below zero in January 2016, the yen gained 10% against the U.S. dollar The recent hike in interest rates may end up further stimulating, instead of slowing, economic ...

The age of negative interest rates might not be over. Martin Schlegel, the head of the Swiss National Bank, discussed that possibility after the bank brought interest rates down by a half point to 0.5 ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, ending a longstanding policy of negative rates meant to boost the economy. The Bank of ...

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ZURICH (Reuters) - Market turmoil unleashed by U.S. trade tariffs has boosted the Swiss franc, piling pressure on the country's export-oriented economy and potentially pushing the Swiss National Bank ...

More than two years ago, seeking to revive a moribund economy, the European Central Bank (ECB) embarked on a new monetary policy measure: charging interest on excess liquidity that banks held at the ...

Economists have largely abandoned forecasts that the Swiss National Bank will cut interest rates into negative territory, according to a Bloomberg survey. Just two forecasters — Barclays and Bloomberg ...

TOKYO—The world’s nearly 12-year experiment with negative interest rates is over now that the last holdout, the Bank of Japan, has moved its key policy rate back to at least zero. Of the many unusual ...

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TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan published an easy-to-understand note on negative interest rates on Friday, in an effort to explain to the public key elements of its controversial policy. The note, ...

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