Analysis: Interest Rates

Britain in deepest downturn for centuries, scant chance of negative rates - Reuters poll

By Jonathan Cable Britain is enduring its deepest recession in centuries but the havoc wrought by the coronavirus pandemic will not be enough to push the Bank of England to adopt...

Germans paid to borrow as negative rates reach consumers

By Francesco Canepa Germans are being shown the bright side of negative interest rates as some online lending platforms pay customers to borrow despite the steepest recession since World...

Bank of England, facing COVID slump, revives negative rates talk

By William Schomberg A chorus of comments from top officials at the Bank of England about negative interest rates has revived talk that the British central bank might resort to cutting...

Britain heading for sub-zero rates club, money markets bet

By Saikat Chatterjee and Dhara Ranasinghe Money markets ramped up expectations that the United Kingdom could cut interest rates below zero for the first time as policymakers debated...

As euro zone recession deepens, ECB to scale up bond buying next month

By Richa Rebello The euro zone economy's worst recession on record will be even deeper than forecast less than a month ago, according to a Reuters poll of economists who said the...

Negative rates unlikely tool for central banks combating pandemic - ex-BOJ official

By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada Adopting or deepening negative interest rates is an unlikely option for many central banks, including in Japan, particularly when they need the help of...

ECB won't let bond yields get out of control - Villeroy

The European Central Bank will prevent volatile market conditions from letting bond yields spiral out of control, ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Thursday. We will...

Bank of England not considering taking rates below zero - Bailey

The Bank of England is not considering taking the very big step of pushing interest rates below zero, Governor Andrew Bailey said on Thursday although he declined to rule it out altogether. ...

BOJ's Kuroda sees no need to deepen negative rates now to fight pandemic

By Leika Kihara Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Thursday he saw no need to take interest rates deeper into negative territory now, as the central bank's immediate focus...

Polish court head lays into German judge's 'scandalous' criticism

By Riham Alkousaa Poland's Constitutional Court president rejected remarks by her German counterpart as scandalous after he was quoted in a newspaper questioning whether the court was...

BoE must consider pros and cons of negative rates - Broadbent

Bank of England Deputy Governor Ben Broadbent said the central bank would have to weigh up the pros and cons of cutting interest rates below zero to help Britain's economy cope with the coronavirus...

Once taboo, investors begin to imagine negative U.S. rates

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and Tom Westbrook Negative interest rates in the United States were once unimaginable. The coronavirus has changed that. While the Federal Reserve has...

Fed policymakers are negative on negative rates

By Ann Saphir U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers say they will do what it takes to cushion an economy crushed by the widespread lockdowns aimed at slowing the coronavirus spread, but...

No immediate EU legal action likely against Germany over court ruling on ECB bonds - EU officials

By Foo Yun Chee The European Commission is unlikely to take immediate legal action against Germany over a ruling by the country's top court that the European Central Bank has overstepped...

China cut interest rates for standing lending facility loans in April

China's central bank said it lowered interest rates on its standing lending facility in April, catching up with similar reductions in other liquidity tools as part of Beijing's efforts to support...

Italy to give further support to companies including tax incentives, hybrid bonds - minister

Italy's government is readying new measures to support companies struggling due to the coronavirus crisis, including tax incentives and hybrid bonds, and aims to access the European Recovery Fund in...

Hungary central bank to use bond buy scheme only to extent necessary - Governor

A government bond purchase programme launched by the National Bank of Hungary this week has curbed long-term yields successfully, Governor Gyorgy Matolcsy said on Sunday, adding that the central bank...

Explainer: Fed funds futures market sees negative rates by next April

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Karen Brettell The fed funds futures market is pricing in negative U.S. interest rates next year, a scenario the Federal Reserve has said it wants to...

U.S. Fed won't take rates negative, say fund managers, economists

By Divya Chowdhury There is little chance the U.S. Federal Reserve will take interest rates into negative territory even as financial markets have begun pricing in such a move for the...