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LONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Investors scaled back their bets that the Bank of England will bring in negative interest rates anytime soon after the central bank said lenders would need at least six months to prepare for such a move.
The BoE said it did not want send a signal that it intended to set a negative rate but regulators should start getting banks like HSBC, Lloyds and Barclays ready for the possibility that the policy is implemented in the future.
The European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan and others have already taken rates negative, although U.S. central bankers have been more hesitant.
Deep-pocketed investors pumped a record $4.2 billion into big technology stocks last week, BofA's flow data showed on Friday, taking advantage of the slight pullback on Wall Street while retail traders were busy buying stocks such as GameStop.
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ZAGREB, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Croatia’s central bank sees potential for some appreciation pressures on the kuna currency this year as a rebound in tourism and increased use of EU funds boost the country’s current and capital account surpluses, Governor Boris Vujcic said on Thursday.
“The rising exports of services should, jointly with an increase in the absorbed EU funding, boost the surplus in the current and capital account . it could drive some appreciation pressures on the exchange rate,” Vujcic said in an interview to Reuters.
Monetary policy will most likely be reinforced by occasional foreign currency interventions in response to potential appreciation pressures on the kuna, the governor said.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and top regulators agreed that the core infrastructure of financial markets proved resilient during high volatility and heavy trading volume seen during the recent "Reddit rally" of GameStop Corp and other stocks, the Treasury Department.
But has weakened this time round on sanctions fears Analysts say economy and rouble to feel pain from protests
MOSCOW, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Russia’s rouble is no stranger to domestic political turmoil but recent anti-Kremlin protests over the fate of opposition politician Alexei Navalny have left the currency more exposed than in the past as markets re-assess the risk of sanctions.
The rouble slipped to a near-two month low of 76.50 to the dollar last week as fears over new curbs from a new U.S. administration under Joe Biden more than offset a 10% jump in crude oil prices since the start of the year and healthy economic fundamentals that shielded the currency in the past.