Malaysia's Bank Negara likely to hold benchmark policy rate at 3.00 pct despite spike in inflation
Feb 22, 2017 11:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks Economy
The Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) in its first monetary policy meeting of 2017 on 16th January held its benchmark overnight policy rate at 3.00 percent and said that the decision was supported by stronger household demand,...
Bank Indonesia likely to hike 25 bps in 3Q17 on hopes of upbeat GDP growth, says DBS
Feb 21, 2017 07:03 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks
Bank Indonesia (BI) is expected to hike its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.00 percent by the third quarter of this year, following hopes of a strong growth in the countrys gross domestic product (GDP)....
PBoC likely to proceed cautiously in raising interbank rates
Feb 20, 2017 11:50 am UTC| Central Banks Commentary
The Peoples Bank of Chinas (PBoC) easing cycle since late 2014 has been accompanied by a buildup in borrowing. By end-2016, the nations debt to GDP ratio swelled to 270 percent from 150 percent in 2008. On 24 Jan, the PBoC...
Feb 20, 2017 07:09 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks
The Bank of Korea (BoK) is expected to adopt a balanced view about the growth and inflation outlook and to hold rates steady at Thursdays meeting. Economic growth has shown some signs of bottoming out, thanks to the recent...
BoT likely to lift benchmark rate to 1.75 pct in the later part of this year, says OCBC Bank
Feb 20, 2017 06:44 am UTC| Commentary
The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is expected to lift its benchmark interest rate to 1.75 percent in the latter half of this year, especially if domestic indicators continue to point north amid rising inflationary...
Feb 17, 2017 15:04 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Minutes of the European Central Banks Jan 19 meeting showed on Thursday that policymakers broadly agreed to look through the energy-driven recent upturns in headline inflation and sought patience as they judged that the...
Bank Indonesia keeps policy rate unchanged at 4.75 pct
Feb 16, 2017 16:27 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Bank Indonesia on Thursday left its benchmark policy rate unchanged for a fourth consecutive policy meeting, as largely expected. Indonesias central bank kept the 7-day reverse repurchase rate at 4.75 percent and also held...
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