The Bank of Japan decided Tuesday to keep its ultra-loose monetary policy and economic assessment unchanged, local media reported.
The Federal Reserve officials generally agreed to continue trimming stimulus, with a few participants eyeing to raise the federal funds rate relatively soon, according to the minutes of the Fed's January policy meeting, which were released Wednesday.
The Bank of Japan decided Tuesday to keep its ultra-loose monetary policy unchanged, while boosting loan support to encourage lending.
China's prudent monetary policy is unlikely to change in the near future as stronger-than-expected lending in January suggest robust demands in the real economy.
In her first testimony to Congress, U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said on Tuesday she would continue to implement the monetary policy made by former Chair Ben Bernanke.
The Reserve Bank of Australia on Tuesday announced to keep the official cash rate unchanged in its first statement on monetary policy for the year 2014, it also implied that it has shifted its easing emphasis towards a neutral monetary policy.
The Nepalese government is planning to introduce a National Employment Policy within the next fiscal year to promote youth employment in the country, an official said Thursday.
U.S. President Barack Obama defended his Afghanistan policy on Monday, saying he continues to have "faith" in the U.S. mission in the country.
Experts predict the Chinese central bank's monetary policy to be variable this year as both global and domestic markets face uncertainties.
U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Janet Yellen as the next head of the Federal Reserve, to replace the outgoing Fed chairman Ben Bernanke whose term ends at the end of this month.
U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Janet Yellen as the next head of the Federal Reserve, to replace the outgoing Fed chairman Ben Bernanke whose term ends at the end of this month.
China should continue its current prudent monetary policy and maintain appropriate liquidity for the world's second-largest economy in 2014, the monetary-policy committee advising the People's Bank of China (PBOC, central bank) said Tuesday in a statement.
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced it would reduce the pace of its monthly massive bond purchases, the third round of quantitative easing program, by 10 billion U.S. dollars each month starting January on the back of a stronger economic recovery.
China's key fiscal and monetary policy will be kept unchanged in 2014, signaling that the government will target internal structural reforms while maintaining stability and containing risks, analysts have said.
Ethnic tensions in Russia resulted from failures of cultural and educational policy, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday in his annual state-of-the-nation address to the parliament.
Chinese cabinet has authorized Suifenhe City at the China-Russia border as the country's first pilot zone where Russian ruble can function equally as renminbi, local government sources told Xinhua on Sunday.
Japan's monetary base rose 52.5 percent in November from a year earlier to a record 189.72 trillion yen (about 1.84 trillion U.S. dollars) due to the central bank's ultra loose monetary policy aimed at beating Japan's prolonged deflation, according to local media Tuesday.