Bulgaria's Central Bank Moves to Contain Surge of Loans
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Bulgaria's National Bank (BNB) said Thursday it was doubling mandatory minimal reserves commercial banks must hold in it, effective Dec.
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The Bank of England will offer additional reserves to lenders Tuesday as part of a global attempt to tackle the deepening credit crisis.
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Home loan borrowing continued to surge in July, the Council of Mortgage Lenders says.
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His comments came as the central bank revealed increasing pressure on the hryvnya currency.
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Britain&#39;s central bank, the Bank of England, decided Thursday to leave the base interest rate on hold at 4.75 percent for the fourth month in a row amid signs of a cooling economy.
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Higher interest rates for bank depositors are stressing local and regional banks.
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China has decided to raise its benchmark one-year lending rate to 5.58 percent from 5.31 percent with effect, the first such move in nearly a decade, the central bank said on its website.
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China announced Thursday it will raise interest rates for most deposits and loans by more than a quarter point - the first rise in nine years - in a move to cool down the torrid Chinese economy.
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The nation's central bank gave a laundry list of proposals to prevent future unsavory lending practices.
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The European Central Bank holds interest rates at 3%, amid signs of easing eurozone inflation.
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Banks will be now able to borrow additional funds from the Bank of England in a move aimed at reducing the "credit squeeze".
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Legal capital flight from Russia more than tripled last year to &#36;7.9 billion from a year ago, while the volume of money that illegally left the country via shadowy business transactions jumped by more than 50 percent, the Central Bank said Thursday.
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The world's major central banks face the delicate balancing act of trying to ease the global credit crunch sparked by the US subprime home loan crisis while trying to rein in rising inflation.
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The Bank of Japan injected funds into the  banking system on Monday for same-day settlement, the second  time in three sessions the central bank has used the rare  operation to stem a jump in overnight rates.
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A finance ministry official warned Thursday Bulgaria mustn't disband its currency board before it joins the single European currency, the euro.
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The Bank of England on Thursday injected 4.4 billion pounds into the financial system amid ongoing turmoil in credit markets.
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Central bank joins with counterparts in other countries to get funds into the financial system.