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ECB asks banks to delay dividends The European Central Bank is recommending that banks don't pay any dividends to shareholders until at least October 1, 2020.

Fed announcement Announcement is a tri-party announcement from: Full text: The federal bank regulatory agencies today announced two actions to support the U.S. economy and allow banking organizations to continue lending to households and businesses:

Bank of Canada opening statement after cutting rates Q&A: Full text of the opening statement: ForexLive

Poloz and Wilkins to appear The BOC will publish the opening statement at the bottom of the hour. The press conference will be via teleconference. Here is a live stream:

Bank of Canada cuts rates by the 50 basis points to 0.25% The full statement from the Bank of Canada: The Bank of Canada today lowered its target for the overnight rate by 50 basis points to ¼ percent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly ½ percent and the deposit rate is ¼ percent. This unscheduled rate decision [&hell

BOC cuts to 0.25% from 0.75% At 0.75% before today the Bank of Canada was the among developed central banks. US T-bills were negative but Canadian equivalents still had a 'decent' yield at around 0.5% out to six months. That may have been a factor in the loonie's strength this week but the currency is […]

Bostic on BloombergTV There wasn't anything notable in the interview. ForexLive

Comments from the Dallas Fed President Kaplan The bailout package directs funds at "small-and-medium sized" businesses with up to 500 employees… per site.

India's central bank finally pulls the trigger This is the first rate cut by the central bank this year, following their previous decision to cut rates back in October last year – where they reduced rates from 5.40% to 5.15%.

People's Bank of China  ForexLive