U.S. sanctions network facilitating banking between Russia and North Korea The United States has blacklisted a network accused of aiding financial payments between Russia and North Korea, two isolated countries that have grown financially and militarily closer amid the ... 09/19/2024 - 8:41 pm | View Link
Analysis: Lebanon's ex-Central Bank chief behind bars; judiciary, authorities under scrutiny Riad Salameh, Lebanon's former Central Bank governor who stepped down last year, has become the first high-ranking official to be put behind bars on corruption and embezzlement charges since the 2019 ... 09/16/2024 - 6:08 am | View Link
Russian central bank hikes rates to fight inflation fuelled by military spending Russia’s central bank has raised its key interest rate by a full percentage point to 19% to combat high inflation as government spending on the military strains the economy’s capacity to produce goods ... 09/13/2024 - 5:05 am | View Link
Russia's central bank raises key rate to 19% amid inflationary pressure Russia's central bank unexpectedly raised its benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points to 19% on Friday, saying that inflation remained stubbornly high and action was needed to reduce it. 09/13/2024 - 4:50 am | View Link
Russian Central Bank Hikes Rate As Inflation Jumps Russia's central bank on Friday raised interest rates to 19 percent amid the country's ongoing Ukraine offensive, warning inflation was running too high and it needed to cool the economy. 09/13/2024 - 3:31 am | View Link