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Bank Indonesia debuts operation twist to lure funds, guard rupiah

  Bloomberg Bank Indonesia is undertaking its own version of Operation Twist, selling short-term notes and buying up longer ones, which it says will shore up the rupiah by bringing in foreign inflows. Indonesia’s central bank will sell off shorter-tenor government bonds to boost their yield differential over US rates and attract foreign inflows that would help underpin the currency, ...

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RBC sees rate hikes triggering bigger bills on 80,000 mortgages

Bloomberg Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) said interest-rate hikes may trigger higher monthly payments for about 80,000 customers with variable-rate mortgages. The increases will average about C$200 ($150), a level the lender expects most borrowers can afford, and most of Royal Bank’s variable-rate mortgage customers won’t hit those trigger rates. Less than 0.5% of customers will require so much as ...

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Iceland hikes borrowing costs to a six-year high

Bloomberg Iceland’s central bank raised borrowing costs to a six-year high and indicated more tightening to come, as it seeks to dampen housing market exuberance that has taken inflation to the highest level in more than a decade. The 7-day term deposit rate was raised by 75 basis points to 5.5%, in line with market expectations. It’s Sedlabanki’s eighth hike ...

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