Philippine central bank leaves policy settings unchanged, may start hiking rates by end-Q2 2017
Sep 22, 2016 10:58 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
As expected, the Philippine central bank, BSP, kept its policy settings unchanged. In spite of the strong growth in domestic demand, there is no risk of breaching the upper band of BSPs 2 percent to 4 percent inflation...
Economic uncertainty likely to weigh on UK’s growth; BoE expected to slash rate in November
Sep 22, 2016 09:53 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks
Economic uncertainty is likely to weigh on the growth outlook of the United Kingdom, with post-referendum deceleration still in prospect, although recent data have proved to be resilient. Since the Bank of Englands...
Bank Indonesia cuts reference rate by 25bps, likely to maintain easing bias
Sep 22, 2016 09:47 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Indonesian central bank, Bank Indonesia, today lowered the new reference rate (7-day reverse repo rate) by 25 basis points to 5 percent. Bank Indonesias decision to cut rate comes after the U.S. kept its rates on hold...
RBNZ Monetary Policy: Assessing future bias
Sep 22, 2016 09:04 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Reserve bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) kept the policy rate at 2 percent in last nights meeting and the New Zealand dollar didnt move much as the move was widely expected. Lets see in the monetary policy, how the bias...
Norges Bank leaves policy rate unchanged, removes easing bias
Sep 22, 2016 09:01 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
As widely anticipated, the Norwegian central bank, Norges Bank, left the key policy rate unchanged at 0.50 during its policy review meeting today. The Norges Bank lifted the interest rate path considerably and removed its...
Bank Indonesia targets prevention of excess IDR volatility; FX reserves rise in August
Sep 22, 2016 07:44 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks
Indonesias foreign reserves rose during the month of August; however, this is hardly surprising given that foreign inflows into equities and Indonesian government bonds amounted to USD 10 billion in the same period. In...
BoJ yield curve control: Is this the way out?
Sep 22, 2016 07:44 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Yesterday, The Bank of Japan (BoJ) introduced a very complex instrument, qualitative and quantitative easing with yield curve control (QQE-YCC). Many financial market practitioners including the investment bank Goldman...
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