Bloomberg Mario Draghi said the European Central Bank (ECB) is ready to soften the impact of negative interest rates if they are found to harm the transmission of its monetary policy. “If necessary, we need to reflect on possible measures that can preserve the favorable implications of negative rates for the economy, while mitigating the side effects, if any,” the ...

Bloomberg The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) is expected to ease policy less aggressively in 2019 compared with the previous year, while maintaining steady injections of liquidity, according to analysts. The PBOC will continue to reduce the amount of money lenders have to put aside as reserves, with the earliest cut taking place next quarter and two others in the ...

Bloomberg New Zealand’s central bank joined the global shift away from higher interest rates, saying its next move is more likely to be a cut and sending the kiwi dollar tumbling by the most in seven weeks. “Given the weaker global economic outlook and reduced momentum in domestic spe-nding, the more likely direction of our next OCR move is down,” ...