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To put the overall foreign exchange reserves number in perspective, total emerging market foreign reserves in 1999 stood at around US$610 billion. “They’re not sure what’s going to happen overseas, and that uncertainty is winning out”.

China’s central bank today (Aug 25) cut interest rates and lowered the amount of reserves the country’s banks must hold, cranking up support for a stuttering economy and a plummeting stock market that has sent shockwaves around the globe.

The Ftse 100, which marked its biggest weekly loss of the year on Friday, has now fallen for 10 sessions in a row, its longest continuous decline since 2003.

US stocks initially posted their sharpest rally of the year in Tuesday morning trading after investors looked for bargains a day after Wall Street’s worst performance in four years.

The People’s Bank of China, the country’s central bank, on Tuesday morning moved to devalue its tightly controlled currency, the Yuan, following weaker than expected Chinese import and Export data over the weekend.

China’s Shanghai Composite plunged further this morning, opening more than six per cent down – but other major indices in Asia regained ground in morning trading as investors made the most of yesterday’s bloodbath.

The US stock market has rebounded slightly following an early trading plunge in the wake of a big drop in Chinese stocks. Minutes after the opening bell Monday, the major indices tumbled wildly, making Friday’s 530-point sell-off in the Dow look like a minor blip, but...

We are not expecting conditions to worsen in China.

Shares in banks and asset managers also fell, and the Euro STOXX Volatility Index rose to its highest since late 2011 – more evidence of investor unease.

Rupee decreased to below the Rs 66 level against the dollar for the first time in nearly two years in opening trade today.

European markets continued to fall during the trading session as fears of currency wars ignited a fresh bout of selling across global markets.

In addition, the PBOC is reducing the reserve requirements (RRR) for most big banks from 18.5 percent to 18.0 percent.

It also increased the amount of money available for lending by reducing the minimum reserves banks are required to hold by 0.5%.

China has sought to calm its panic-stricken stock markets by cutting interest rates and loosening constraints on bank lending after a second day of plunging share prices.

The British lobbying body is forecasting 2.6 percent growth for 2015 and 2.8 percent for 2016, up from its June’s projections of 2.4 percent and 2.5 percent respectively.