Sir John Templeton, the pioneer in global mutual funds, once said “the four most costly words in the annals of investing” are “this time is different.” That should resonate with monetary policy makers and institutional investors grappling with the causes, impacts and risks of the lowest market volatility, by far, in the era of modern finance. As this cycle of ...

Bloomberg India’s central bank kept interest rates unchanged as rebounding inflation limits room to spur an economy struggling to recover from disruptive government policies. The benchmark repurchase rate was left at 6 percent, the Reserve Bank of India said in a statement in Mumbai on Wednesday. Five of the six-member monetary policy committee voted for the move, which was predicted ...

Bloomberg Bank Indonesia sees no reason to adjust monetary policy if inflation and the currency remain in line with its forecasts, Assistant Governor Dody Budi Waluyo said. Inflation is still within the central bank’s target and the currency is sta- ble, Waluyo said on a panel at Bloomberg’s Year Ahead Asia Conference in Jakarta on Wednesday. “As long as our ...