Japan’s Abe vows to protect economy as virus heightens recession fears

[ad_1] TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to take whatever policy steps are needed to prevent the new coronavirus from dealing a severe blow to an economy…

Erdogan’s snap economic rethink prompted by bleak briefings: Turkish sources

[ad_1] By Orhan Coskun, Jonathan Spicer ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to oust Turkey’s central bank chief this month was made hours after briefings on the fragile state…

Russian banks fear digital rouble could hit profits, says central bank

[ad_1] MOSCOW, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Russian banks are concerned that the introduction of a digital form of the rouble, currently under consideration by the central bank, could hurt their…