China leads in race for digital currency
China's central bank has made steady advances in its goal of launching the world's first major sovereign digital currency. As the EU begins prepping a digital euro, DW considers the impact of…
Turkey lowers reserve requirements for Lira, Dollar liabilities
Turkey's central bank is lowering its reserve requirements for the lira and for its dollar liabilities.…
Why it might be time to get defensive in fixed income
Daniel Ivascyn says it’s time to take a more “cautious and defensive” strategy with the $113.7 billion Pimco Income Fund. He says he is taking the tack as central banks move away…
Bitcoin could break the internet, Central Bank overseer says
Bloomberg's Christine Harvey takes a look at some of the big stories of the day on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Middle East."…
Lebanon Central Bank governor on elections, reforms, gold
Lebanon Central Bank Governor Riad Salame discusses the Lebanese elections, structural reforms, financial engineering, protection of the peg and his outlook for gold.…
Problematic Dollar causes strong Euro, says Saravelos
George Saravelos, global co-head of FX research at Deutsche Bank, discusses the rise of a strong euro resulting from a questionable dollar in 2018 and what it could mean for the European…
Japanese inflation picks up
Japanese inflation unexpectedly picked up in November but prices are still rising at less than half the rate targeted by the central bank.…
Iraq plans $2B Eurobond sale
Iraq's Central Bank governor Ali Al-Allaq discusses Iraq's return to the global bond market and the challenges they face.…
Nigeria central bank floods forex market with dollars
Nigeria's Central Bank continues to flood the foreign exchange market with dollars. Yesterday the apex bank sold 483 million dollars to improve dollar liquidity.…
Nigeria economic outlook
Nigeria's central bank on Tuesday sold 25 million US dollars at the newly introduced FX window for investors & exporters. Meanwhile, Godwin Emefiele says the present economic recession in the country would…
Egypt’s external finances improve after float decision
Egypt’s external finances improved following the Nov. 3 decision to float the pound, the central bank said, as inflows from investments, remittances and exports picked up.…