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Bank of England warns on Brexit risks, tightens buy-to-let lending rules

The Bank of England said on Tuesday that risks around Britain's referendum on the European Union could push up borrowing costs and weaken sterling, and tightened rules for mortgage lending to landlords. The central bank said the outlook for financial stability had worsened since its last quarterly report in November, and also moved ahead with plans to require some banks to hold extra capital as lending growth started to pick up. “The outlook for financial stability in the United…

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Fed’s Williams urges U.S. central bank to stay on track with rate rises

“Others' economic fates do not spell our own,” Williams said in prepared remarks before an audience at the National University of Singapore. The U.S. central bank left interest rates unchanged two weeks ago and signaled its cautiousness by forecasting two further rate hikes this year, down from four at its December meeting, when the Fed raised rates from near zero for the first time in almost a decade.

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Fed’s Williams urges U.S. central bank to stay on track with rate rises