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PBOC vows to stabilise money growth, boost credit support

Bloomberg China’s central bank chief vowed to stabilise the supply of credit and boost the amount of money supporting smaller businesses and the real economy, after both credit and economic growth slowed in July. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) will keep monetary policy stable with a good cross-cyclical design and will support high-quality economic expansion with “appropriate money growth,” ...

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Citi sued for profiting from European credit fund’s demise as Covid struck

Bloomberg Citigroup Inc is facing a lawsuit for pulling support from a European credit fund as the Covid-19 pandemic roiled the markets, then giving its own traders a potential profit at the fund’s expense. The New York-based bank was sued by Ver Capital Partners in London for forcing the fund to default on a 224 million-euro ($263 million) loan in ...

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RBNZ: Rate hike delayed due to communication difficulties

Bloomberg New Zealand’s central bank decided not to raise interest rates last week because of communication challenges, not economic risks, Assistant Governor Christian Hawkesby said. It would have been difficult to explain an increase in the official cash rate on the same day the country entered a lockdown to combat a Covid-19 outbreak, Hawkesby told Bloomberg in a telephone interview ...

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