Bloomberg Serbia lifted its benchmark interest rate more than expected to the highest level since early 2018 as the Balkan nation steps up efforts to tame accelerating inflation. The central bank raised its one-week repurchase rate by half a percentage point to 3.5%. Most analysts expected a hike of 25 basis points, with five of 17 correctly predicting the ...

  Bloomberg The Bank of England delayed its next interest-rate decision a week to September 22 to allow a period of mourning after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The move gives the Monetary Policy Committee more time to consider key inflation and jobs data due to be published next week. It also brings the rate decision closer to the ...

  Bloomberg Vietnam set its reference rate for the dong at a record low, setting the stage for more weakness in the country’s currency The State Bank of Vietnam set the currency fixing at 23,281 dong per dollar, the weakest since at least 2005, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That’s after the dong fell to the lowest in more ...