The FINANCIAL — The federal bank regulatory agencies today released a statement encouraging banks to use the Federal Reserve’s “discount window” so that they can continue supporting households and businesses. In South Korea, the central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points in a rare inter-meeting rate. Australia’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of Australia, poured $3.6bn in liquidity into Australia’s financial system and said it was prepared to buy government bonds, while the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) slashed interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point to a record low on Monday following an emergency…
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The FINANCIAL — The federal bank regulatory agencies today released a statement encouraging banks to use the Federal Reserve’s “discount window” so that they can continue supporting households and businesses. In South Korea, the central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points in a rare inter-meeting rate. Australia’s central bank, the Reserve Bank…
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