Bloomberg New Zealand central bank (RBNZ) governor Adrian Orr is set to unveil a new monetary stimulus tool aimed at driving borrowing costs to fresh historic lows to spur economic growth. Orr is expected to lay out plans on November 11 to provide cheap loans to banks, giving them scope to further reduce lending rates. The Funding for Lending Program, ...

Bloomberg Bank of England (BOE) Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe said there is no clarity yet on allowing banks to pay dividends as there may “still be a case” for restrictions until their robustness is assessed, according to The Sunday Times. Policy makers need to study the economic outlook, bank capital and the impact of profitability and losses on the lenders ...

Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc. cut its year-end Treasury yield forecast as the prospect of a divided Congress under a Democratic president makes another big fiscal stimulus package unlikely. The 10-year yield should fall to around 0.75% by the end of 2020, according to strategists including Praveen Korapaty. That’s well below the 1.05% target that the team had anticipated before ...