Bloomberg The coronavirus outbreak in China is putting pressure on price stability because production has been delayed but it will not lead to large-scale inflationary pressures, according to China’s central bank. The People’s Bank of China’s (PBOC) stance is unchanged and it will maintain prudent monetary policy, Deputy Governor Fan Yifei said at a press conference in Beijing on Saturday. …

Bloomberg The Federal Reserve Bank of New York will shrink its repurchase-agreement operations more than analysts expected, a sign officials are comfortable removing liquidity without upending funding markets. The central bank announced a new schedule for both overnight and 14-day term repo operations through March 12. Starting this week, the term offerings will drop by $5 billion, to a maximum …

Bloomberg Morgan Stanley, the Wall Street lender overhauling its currency-trading business after losses and an internal probe, named new co-heads for the unit. The New York-based bank said Samer Oweida, global head of FX sales, and Craig Abruzzo, who leads futures and derivatives clearing in Morgan Stanley’s equities business, would now lead the division, according to an internal memorandum obtained …