More complications arise after the introduction of negative rates policy in Japan
Feb 01, 2016 02:46 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Bank of Japan announced last Friday to implement negative interest rates on financial institutions reserves, as a surprising move. In order to mitigate the adverse impact on their earnings, a multiple-tier system will...
RBI to keep rates on hold this week
Feb 01, 2016 02:28 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
As markets digest the Bank of Japans surprise policy move on Friday, the Reserve Bank of India is expected to keep rates on hold on 2 February (Tue). The focus will be on how the central bank perceives growth-inflation...
ECB likely to increase QE by end of Q1 2016
Jan 31, 2016 22:32 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
ECB kept its monetary policy unchanged in its December meeting and disappointed the market. After the policy decision in December the probability was only20% for further easing in 2016. But the scenario has changed...
Fed to be cautious in tightening policy, to avoid global asset price inflation
Jan 29, 2016 15:06 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Fed is likely to tighten monetary policy only by as much as markets allow without major turmoil. The Fed will try to avoid any further asset price inflation and ease any bubbles that have already emerged, such as in...
After FOMC and BOJ, where does FED hike probabilities stand?
Jan 29, 2016 12:26 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Market participants backed down their expectations for rate hike further into the future, more so after FOMC sounded cautious in this weeks meeting and Bank of Japan (BOJ) introduced negative rates. Market now expects...
BoT likely to keep rates unchanged in 2016
Jan 29, 2016 11:30 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Bank of Thailands December economic report stated that the economy grew at a moderate pace on the back of domestic demand, amid weakness in the rural economy. The agriculture income remained subdued; however, it grew...
Between the line details of BOJ monetary policy today
Jan 29, 2016 07:50 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Key highlights of the day is that Bank of Japan (BOJ), adopted negative interest rates for first time in its history. However in todays monetary policy statement and other release, there are some other details that...
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