(Updates throughout) By Joice Alves LONDON, March 21 (Reuters) - Sterling fell after the Bank of England (BoE) on Thursday kept its benchmark interest rate on hold as expected, while the Swiss franc fell to a multi-month low after the Swiss National Bank (SNB) surprised markets by cutting interest rates. The BoE's interest rate-setters voted 8-1 to keep borrowing costs...

LONDON, March 21 (Reuters) - A surprise bumper rate hike by Turkey's central bank on Thursday boosted the country's international sovereign bonds, lifted the lira off its recent lows and bolstered banking stocks. The central bank raised its key interest rate by 500 basis points to 50%, citing a deteriorating inflation outlook and pledging to keep a tight stance until...

(Updates prices) By Joice Alves and Amanda Cooper LONDON, March 21 (Reuters) - The pound fell, while UK government bond prices rallied on Thursday after the Bank of England kept interest rates unchanged but sigalled the economy was moving in the right direction for it to start cutting rates. The BoE kept its benchmark rate at 5.25% - its highest...

* Brazil cuts rates by 50 bps, may change course after May * Mexico policy decision due By Ankika Biswas March 21 (Reuters) - Latin American currencies fell against a strong dollar on Thursday after gains the previous day on the Federal Reserve's unchanged 2024 policy outlook, while Turkey's surprise rate hike boosted its international sovereign bonds and the lira....