US Federal Reserve
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Tuesday, 20 January 2009
Gulf country's central bank eyes 0.25-0.50% benchmark rate cut, daily reports.
read more »Thursday, 29 May 2008
Regional mortgage lenders are refusing to pass falling US interest rates on to customers in the emirates.
read more »Saturday, 3 May 2008
Reverse repurchase rate cut, but benchmark lending rate steady and reserve requirement raised.
read more »Sunday, 23 March 2008
Qatar becomes fourth Gulf state with dollar peg to match last week's US rate cut in face of rising inflation.
read more »Monday, 17 March 2008
Market uncertainty needs to be addressed one way or the other, Middle East IPO summit hears.
read more »Monday, 3 March 2008
Islamic banks face the same risks as conventional lenders, as well as some unique to Islamic finance.
read more »Saturday, 1 March 2008
Alan Greenspan, the longest serving US Federal Reserve chairman, delivers his verdict on the likelihood of US recession, the future of the dollar pegs and the threats facing the rise of sovereign wealth funds. Tamara Walid reports.
read more »Tuesday, 26 February 2008
The former head of the US Federal Reserve has put pressure on GCC Central Banks to ditch their pegs to the dollar.
read more »Monday, 25 February 2008
Former Fed chairman expressed concerns in 2004, but claims demand too strong.
read more »Tuesday, 22 January 2008
Gulf central banks poised to cut interest rates after US slashes its by 75 basis points, analysts say.
read more »Tuesday, 1 January 2008
Revaluation or switch to currency basket both possible.
read more »Monday, 29 October 2007
Gulf Arab states to follow any interest rate cut by US, economist predicts.
read more »Friday, 5 October 2007
Declining dollar could come under further pressure if Gulf states revalue their currencies and remove pegs.
read more »Friday, 21 September 2007
Frenzied speculators buying up Saudi riyals as currency strains at upper limit of dollar peg.
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