December 22nd, 2008 at 7:55 am » Comments (0)

China's central bank on Monday cut loan and deposit rates by 0.27 percentage point, effective Tuesday, in the government's latest move to stimulate the economy. It was the fifth time ...more »

December 4th, 2008 at 7:08 am » Comments (0)

Bloomberg - Indonesia’s central bank unexpectedly lowered interest rates for the first time in a year to shield Southeast Asia’s biggest economy from the global recession. Governor Boediono and his ...more »

December 1st, 2008 at 4:52 pm » Comments (0)

Inflation in Thailand, South Korea and Australia plunged in November in sync with a global retreat, giving central banks room to slash interest rates to soften the blow from the ...more »

November 26th, 2008 at 6:48 am » Comments (0)

China's central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), today announced it will cut benchmark interest rates, the fourth time in three months, by a surprising 1.08 percentage points, much ...more »

November 25th, 2008 at 7:40 am » Comments (0)

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has announced a cut of 25 basis points (a quarter of one per cent) in the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) to 3.25% to stimulate spending and ...more »

October 31st, 2008 at 6:58 am » Comments (0)

Japan's central bank has announced cutting its key interest rate by 20 basis points to 0.30 per cent, stepping up efforts to calm shaky markets and fight recession in Asia's ...more »