September 01, 2015 BY Mike Fox
Bloomberg launches electronic trading platform in Japan
Mandatory electronic trading of Japanese Yen interest rate swaps takes effect...
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June 16, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
ICE launching euro and sterling Eris Standard interest rate futures on June 29
The new contracts, Eris Standard EUR Interest Rate futures and Eris Standard GBP Interest Rate futures, will trade and clear at ICE Futures Europe and ICE Clear Europe. They are based on the product design of Eris Exchange US dollar-denominated Eris Standard Swap future and Eris Flex Swap future contracts
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April 30, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova
Bank of Russia cuts key interest rates to 12.5%
In a widely expected move, the Bank of Russia brought key interest rates to 12.5%, with the decision to come into force on May 5th.
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December 23, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
Op Ed: Why Russians love things big (including interest rates)
LeapRate's Russian editor Maria Nikolova explains why high interest rates and rapid inflation benefit indebted commercial enterprises, and provides a profound economic lesson learned by purchasing a plastic cup for 3,000 rubles
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December 17, 2014 BY Mike Fox
Reuters: Global forex reserves set to post first quarterly drop since 2008/09
Global foreign exchange reserves may have fallen in the third quarter for the first time since the financial crisis as central banks stepped up interventions to prevent their currencies from falling too sharply. As the U.S. Federal Reserve gears up to raise interest rates next year, dollar-funded "carry trades", in which traders borrow in low…
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July 28, 2014 BY Mike Fox
Breaking: Bank of Israel cuts interest rate to 0.5%
The Monetary Committee reduces the interest rate for August 2014 by 25 basis points; even though leaving the rate unchanged at 0.75% was the popular view amongst economists
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