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New York Fed to bring new repo operations, change maturities of purchases

The central bank will offer $500 billion in a three-month repo operation at 1:30 pm eastern Thursday

ECB ramps up stimulus in coronavirus fight but stops short of rate cut

The ECB said it would give businesses more ultra-cheap loans, raise asset purchases and provide banks with capital relief

The meltdown

Market correction was long overdue

Trump calls US Fed 'slow moving' and 'pathetic', demands further rate cut

Most investors expect the Fed to cut the benchmark borrowing rate again at the March 17-18 policy meeting to stem the economic uncertainty

Good time for bargain hunting, but buy for long term, say analysts

Investors who picked companies with strong business franchises in the year 2008 or 2012 have seen a multi-fold jump in their portfolio values

Take medium-term bet on commodities

As manufacturing in China recovers, so will the demand for raw materials

Coronavirus: Wall Street slumps, investors seek shelter in bond and gold

The S&P index recorded two new 52-week highs and 135 new lows, while the Nasdaq recorded eight new highs and 415 new lows.

After slashing rates, US Fed has more options to fight coronavirus effect

Officials will also be looking for any sign of real change on the horizon, in terms of slower growth or higher unemployment, he said

Way forward on coronavirus

Monetary accommodation may not help in India

Best of BS Opinion: Banks merger, coronavirus outbreak, and more

Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day talk about bank merger and coronavirus among other issues.

10-yr bond yields at 39-month low as markets brace for RBI action

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das told Bloomberg in an interview on Tuesday that the central bank was ready to do whatever was needed to address a slowdown.

Will gold touch the 50,000 mark? Hopes rise after US Fed rate cut

In Mumbai's physical market on Wednesday, gold prices had risen after the US Federal Reserve announced one of its steepest cuts of 0.5 per cent in interest rate

US businesses show growing concern over impact of coronavirus, Fed survey

The Fed cut interest rates by a half percentage point on Tuesday in an emergency move to mitigate the possible economic effects of the flu-like illness on the world's largest economy

Bullion, base metals, crude oil jump on US Fed's surprise interest rate cut

Gold and silver rise sharply on safe-haven appeal in a global economy prone to more downside risk

Debt MFs eye big gains from Fed rate cut, see bond yields easing further

Yield on 10-year G-Sec slips to over three-year low of 6.23%

Follow the Fed? Why central banks won't be rushed on virus response

While the coronavirus outbreak is already disrupting global supply chains, slowing industrial activity, grounding flights and hitting financial markets, central banks have more reason to hold out.

Indian bonds gain as Federal Reserve move raises RBI rate-cut hopes

The benchmark 10-year Indian bond yield dropped 8 basis points (bps) to 6.26%

Gold extends gains as coronavirus prompts Fed to trim rates by 50 bps

The Fed trimmed interest rates by 50 basis points on Tuesday in an emergency move to safeguard the world's largest economy from the impact of the epidemic

Virus scare: Oil lower despite Fed rate cut and hopes for OPEC+ output cut

Brent crude lost 17 cents to trade at $51.73 a barrel by 1:28 p.m. EST (1628 GMT). U.S. crude traded 1 cent lower at $46.74 a barrel

Wall Street ends more than 2% lower after US Fed surprise rate cut

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 2.94% to end at 25,917.41 points, while the S&P 500 lost 2.81% to finish at 3,003.37