Russian central bank hikes key rate to fight inflation MOSCOW: Russia’s central bank raised its key interest to 18 percent on Friday, the sixth hike in just over a year... Published 28 Jul, 2024 06:49am
World Eight injured in Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s Belgorod MOSCOW: Eight people were injured in overnight Ukrainian attacks in and around the western Russian city of Belgorod,... Published 09 May, 2024 11:24am
World EU agrees on using Russian asset profits for Ukraine BRUSSELS: EU member states reached agreement Wednesday on a plan to use billions of euros in profits from frozen... Published 08 May, 2024 09:52pm
Business & Finance Russian central bank lends more Chinese yuan under currency swap operations MOSCOW: Russia’s central bank said it had provided banks with 2.5 billion Chinese yuan ($346.25 million) for the... Updated 30 Mar, 2024 08:20pm
Business & Finance Russian central bank keeps rates at 16%, says policy will stay tight MOSCOW: Russia’s central bank held its key interest rate at 16% on Friday, warning that inflationary pressure... Published 22 Mar, 2024 05:26pm
Business & Finance Russian central bank raises key interest rate to 16% to counter inflation MOSCOW: Russia’s central bank on Friday raised its key interest rate to 16 percent, announcing a fifth hike since... Published 15 Dec, 2023 07:00pm
Business & Finance Russian central bank: high rates likely needed throughout 2024 MOSCOW: Russia will probably need to keep interest rates high throughout 2024, the Bank of Russia’s Deputy Governor... Published 03 Oct, 2023 04:58pm
Markets Yen worries increase as dollar strengthens after Fed TOKYO: The dollar hit fresh peaks on Thursday, sitting around its highest against the yen since November after a... Published 21 Sep, 2023 09:43am
Business & Finance Russian central bank says rates will need to stay high as it hikes to 13% MOSCOW: Russia’s central bank raised its key interest rate by 100 basis points to 13% on Friday, jacking up the cost... Published 15 Sep, 2023 06:19pm
Markets Russian central bank hikes rates by 350 bp to 12% in extraordinary meeting MOSCOW: Russia’s central bank hiked its key interest rate by 350 basis points to 12% on Tuesday, an emergency rate... Published 15 Aug, 2023 01:23pm
World EU leaders push to fund Ukraine with proceeds from Russia's frozen assets BRUSSELS: European Union leaders will push senior officials on Thursday to find legal ways to funnel proceeds from... Published 29 Jun, 2023 07:53pm
World Over $8bn of Russian central bank assets held in Switzerland GENEVA: A total of 7.4 billion Swiss francs ($8.3 billion) of reserves and assets of the Russian central bank are... Published 10 May, 2023 05:55pm
World 'Not easy' to seize Russia assets: EU task force head STOCKHOLM: EU plans to seize Russian assets following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, prioritising state assets of... Published 25 Mar, 2023 12:12am
World Russian assets worth around $5.7bn sanctioned in Germany BERLIN: Russian assets worth around 5.32 billion euros ($5.69 billion) have been sanctioned in Germany over the... Published 18 Feb, 2023 01:20pm
World EU to examine using confiscated Russian assets for reconstruction European Council President Charles Michel has urged the block’s national leaders to push forward with talks on using... Published 23 Jan, 2023 10:39am
World Russia falls into recession MOSCOW: Russia's economy has entered a recession as gross domestic output fell by four percent in the third quarter,... Published 16 Nov, 2022 10:38pm
Business & Finance Russian Central Bank maintains key rate at 7.5 percent MOSCOW: The Russian central bank kept its key rate at 7.5 percent on Friday, an expected measure aimed at supporting... Published 28 Oct, 2022 05:56pm
Markets Russian could buy yuan, Indian rupees, Turkish lira for rainy day fund MOSCOW: Russia is considering buying the currencies of "friendly" countries such as China, India and Turkey to hold... Updated 12 Aug, 2022 07:15pm
Markets Russian central bank cuts key rate to pre-crisis level of 9.5% Russia’s central bank cut its key interest rate to the pre-crisis level of 9.5% on Friday and said it would continue... Published 10 Jun, 2022 03:52pm
Markets Russian central bank plays down role of dollar and euro at home and globally Russia’s central bank said on Tuesday that the role of the dollar and the euro as global currencies would decline as... Published 31 May, 2022 06:43pm
Business & Finance Russian central bank slashes rates, flags more cuts Russia’s central bank lowered its key interest rate to 11% at an off-schedule meeting on Friday and said it saw room... Published 26 May, 2022 01:18pm
World Brussels says about $24bn of Russian central bank assets frozen in EU, less than expected BRUSSELS: European Union states have reported the freezing of about 23 billion euros ($24.5 billion) of assets of... Published 25 May, 2022 08:15pm
Business & Finance Russian central bank to hold extraordinary rate-setting meeting on Thursday Russia’s central bank will hold an extraordinary meeting on Thursday to consider the level of its key interest rate,... Published 25 May, 2022 12:58pm
Business & Finance Berlin ‘open’ to seizing Russian central bank assets for Ukraine BERLIN: German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said Wednesday he was “open” to a discussion about ... Published 12 May, 2022 05:40am
Markets Russia seen cutting key rate by 200 bps to 15% on Friday The Russian central bank is expected to cut its key interest rate by 200 basis points to 15% on Friday as it tries... Published 25 Apr, 2022 08:10pm
Business & Finance Russian rouble falls MOSCOW: The Russian rouble weakened on Thursday, driven by expectations that Russia may relax its temporary capital... Published 15 Apr, 2022 05:29am
Markets Russian central bank suspends monthly foreign trade data for first time since 1997 The Russian central bank said on Monday it had temporarily suspended publishing data on foreign trade on a monthly... Published 11 Apr, 2022 09:26pm
World G7 allies seek to halt Russian gold transactions BRUSSELS/ LONDON: The G7 group of advanced economies and the European Union pledged to block transactions involving... Published 25 Mar, 2022 05:47am
Markets Goldman Sachs sees five rate hikes in 2023 Goldman Sachs expects the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates five times in 2023, and forecasts that the US... Published 21 Mar, 2022 12:01pm
Business & Finance Russian rouble falls to new lows after ratings downgrades MOSCOW: The Russian rouble slumped to new record lows against the dollar and euro on Thursday after Fitch and... Published 04 Mar, 2022 04:37am
KSE-100 closes above 97,000 for the first time as investors dismiss political noise, index gains 1,782 points