Column: Lending to Italy for a century

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – If ultra-long 50-year bonds are going like hot cakes in Europe, the temptation to double up maturities and lock in the lowest borrowing rates in history…

World stocks sag on pandemic surge, gold gains on safety bid

[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global stock markets mostly retreated on Wednesday as a record number of new coronavirus infections in parts of Europe led investors to shift away from…

Rescue plan covers 80% of UK employment and business turnover – Sunak

[ad_1] Britain’s Chancellor Rishi Sunak holds a digital coronavirus disease (COVID-19) news conference with Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr Jenny Harries (not pictured) at 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain…

UK wage subsidy scheme costing 8 billion pounds a month – Sunak

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak speaks during a daily news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain April…

Pound at 5-month high as BoE signals sub-zero rates not imminent

[ad_1] * Graphic: World FX rates in 2020 tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh * Graphic: Trade-weighted sterling since Brexit vote tmsnrt.rs/2hwV9Hv LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Sterling strengthened to a new five-month high against…

Lebanese central bank governor charged with breach of trust

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh speaks during a news conference at Central Bank in Beirut, Lebanon, November 11, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese Central…

Europe’s bond boom may stem investment bank exodus from sovereign debt auctions

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – The surge in government borrowing during the COVID-19 crisis and boost in bond trading may stem investment banks’ gradual exodus from the less profitable business of…

Swiss National Bank to stay loyal to ultra-loose policy – Reuters poll

[ad_1] ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss National Bank will hold firm to its expansive stance and negative 0.75% interest rate when it meets to review monetary policy on Thursday, a…