China's central bank is cutting interest rates by 25 basis points as of today. One-year deposit rates are being slashed to 2.25 percent. The one-year lending rate is being set at 5.1-percent. It is the third rate cut by the central bank since Novembe

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The benchmark Shanghai Composite rose above 5,000 today for the first time in more than seven years. After breaking through the 5,000 ceiling in the morning session, the benchmark index fell back but then firmed up in the afternoon. It closed the day

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday decided to raise benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points, the first interest rate increase since 2006,marking the end of an era of extraordinary easing monetary policy. Given the co

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BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- China announced Thursday its first cut in benchmark interest rates in more than three years after slower-than-expected growth in the world's second-largest economy raised concerns of a hard landing. The People's Bank of Ch

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The European Union says manipulating a benchmark interest rate in London should be a criminal offense. The EU called Wednesday for its 27 member states to set criminal penalties for rigging interest rates to affect the LIBOR [London Interbank Offered

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本期内容: As expected, the Federal Reserve raised American interest rates for the first time since 2006. The central bank lifted the target range for its benchmark rate from 0-0.25%, where it has languished since December 2008, to 0.25-0.5%. Ev

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