SHANGHAI, March 20 (Reuters) - China held benchmark lending rates steady for the fifth straight month in March on Thursday, matching market expectations. The one-year loan prime rate (LPR) was kept at 3.1%, while the five-year LPR was unchanged at 3.6%. In a Reuters poll of 33 market participants conducted this week, 29, or 88% of them expected no changes...

04:07 PM EDT, 03/19/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The US Treasury reported Wednesday that there was a net combined $48.8 billion outflow of long-term, short-term and banking flows in January, compared with a $178.8 billion inflow in December. Long-term securities transactions represented a $45.2 billion outflow while short-term transactions were a net $53.9 billion inflow and bank liabilities were a net...

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee With the Federal Reserve's policy meeting out of the way, the central bank spotlight now turns to some of its European counterparts - the Bank of England, the Swiss National Bank and the Riksbank - with rate decisions due later today. The BoE, at centre stage,...

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee With the Federal Reserve's policy meeting out of the way, the central bank spotlight now turns to some of its European counterparts - the Bank of England, the Swiss National Bank and the Riksbank - with rate decisions due later today. The BoE, at centre stage,...