May 19, 2012

Secret loans to banks prompt calls for audit

Some members of New Hampshire’s delegation to Congress reacted with surprise and with calls to audit the Federal Reserve after revelations that the central bank secretly loaned large financial institutions up to 11 times as much money as banks received through bailouts.

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Kenya: Monitor Disbursement of Youth Development Loans

The cost of loans has increased in part due to Central Bank of Kenya’s decision to raise its key lending rate.

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Brazil Central Bank Adjusts Capital Requirements for Some Consumer Loans

Brazil’s central bank adjusted capital requirements on some consumer loans as it seeks to fine tune measures taken last year to prevent excessive risk in the financial system.

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Brazil Central Bank Adjusts Capital Requirements for Some Consumer Loans

ECB’s Dollar Loans Program Fails to Soothe Investors: Chart of the Day

U.S. and European central bank efforts to bolster euro-zone financial firms’ access to dollars haven’t soothed investor concern that the region’s lenders are risky trading partners.

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ECB’s Dollar Loans Program Fails to Soothe Investors: Chart of the Day

More loans offered to help SMEs in China

China ‘s commercial banks pursued more aggressive lending in August than in July due to a temporary ease in inflation in August, as indicated by data released by the country’s central bank on Sunday.

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More loans offered to help SMEs in China

Loans to business increased in June

The latest figures from the Central Bank show that lending to consumers continued to fall last month.

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Loans to business increased in June

Business loans demand dropped in Q2

A Central Bank survey has indicated a drop in demand for loans from businesses in the second quarter of the year.

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Business loans demand dropped in Q2

Loans set to pinch more as central bank hikes interest rates

Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) India’s central bank Tuesday sharply hiked key rates by 50 basis points in the 11th such exercise since January 2010 to tame stubborn inflation, setting the stage for auto, housing and commercial loans to become dearer once again.

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China New Loans, Money Supply Growth Rebound Even After Cooling Measures

China’s new loans rose more than estimated in June and money supply growth rebounded even after the central bank raised interest rates and reserve requirements to cool credit growth that’s fueling inflation.

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China New Loans, Money Supply Growth Rebound Even After Cooling Measures

Loans to firms down E4.5bn in a year

Loans to Irish businesses had fallen by E4.5 billion or 3.9pc in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period a year ago, according to a new series of figures from the Central Bank today.

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Loans to firms down E4.5bn in a year