Markets should not have been so surprised by the Bank of England’s large 1.50 percentage point rate cut in November because it was justified by the increasingly...

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills fell in Monday’s auction with rates on both three-month and six-month bills dropping to the lowest levels on record.

A former Interior Department official who pleaded guilty to creating a lucrative post-retirement consulting position for himself received probation from a federal judge...

Slovakia’s central bank said Tuesday it had cut its key interest rate by a half percentage point to 3.25 percent to smooth entry into the euro at the beginning of...

Taiwan’s central bank has cut the island’s key lending rate, the fourth rate cut in less than two months.

The British government summoned banking chiefs Friday to pressure them to pass on recent hefty cuts in benchmark interest rates to hard-pressed homeowners and...

South Korea’s central bank has cut its key interest rate for the third time in less than a month in a bid to boost the economy amid the global financial crisis.

The Bank of England slashed its key interest rate by 1.5 percentage points Thursday to its lowest in more than 50 years in a dramatic bid to cushion the coming...

Denmark’s central bank has lowered its key interest rate by half a percentage point to 5.0 percent, mirroring a rate cut by the European Central Bank.

The European Central Bank cut its key interest rate by half a percentage point to 3.25 percent on Thursday and the Bank of England made an even more aggressive...

The European Central Bank cut its key rate by half a percentage point to 3.25 percent on Thursday, joining the Bank of England, Swiss and Czech central banks as they...

The Swiss National Bank cut its key interest rate by half a percentage point to 2 percent Thursday, only its second reduction since March 2003.

The European Central Bank has cut its key rate by half a percentage point to 3.25 percent, joining the Bank of England, Swiss and Czech central banks as they confront...

The Swiss National Bank has cut its key interest rate by half a percentage point to 2 percent, only its second reduction since March 2003.

The Bank of England has slashed its benchmark interest rate by 1.5 percentage points to 3 percent.

Expectations grew for a bigger than expected rate cut by the European Central Bank to confront the looming recession in the wake of a decision Thursday by the Bank of...

The Czech Republic’s central bank said Thursday it had slashed its key interest rate by three-quarter percentage point to 2.75 percent. The move comes as the...

Iceland’s central bank held its benchmark interest rate steady at a record 18 percent on Thursday, adding that it expects a decision on help from the...

Pressure is mounting on the Bank of England to plump for a full percentage point cut in interest rates as reports Wednesday showed Britain’s manufacturing and...

Australia’s central bank has cut its benchmark interest rate by a bigger-than-expected three-quarters of a percentage point amid growing signs the economy is...