RBNZ monetary policy: Assessing future bias
Feb 09, 2017 11:00 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) announced monetary policy last night and kept its key overnight cash rate unchanged at 1.75%. Lets look at the policy statement details to assess the bias According to RBNZ...
Riksbank unlikely to make changes to policy rates or asset purchases in February
Feb 09, 2017 10:53 am UTC| Commentary
The Swedish central bank, Riksbank, is unlikely to make any changes to its monetary policy during its meeting next week. According to a DNB Market research report, the policy rates and asset purchases are unlikely to see...
Philippine central bank keeps policy rates unchanged, raises 2017 inflation forecast to 3.5 pct
Feb 09, 2017 10:09 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Philippine central bank kept its policy settings unchanged today, as widely expected. The interest rates were kept on hold. Policy tools have been stable since the formal shift to the interest rate corridor in June...
Feb 09, 2017 08:53 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The National Bank of Poland yesterday decided to keep the interest rates on hold. The Monetary Policy Council decided to keep the reference rate at 1.5 percent, deposit rate at 0.5 percent, Lombard rate at 2.5 percent and...
Feb 07, 2017 11:51 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) is scheduled to hold monetary policy meeting this Thursday when it releases its Monetary Policy Statement. A great deal has changed since the RBNZs November Statement. The RBNZ cut...
Key commentaries from ECB chief Draghi
Feb 07, 2017 11:39 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
European Central Bank (ECB) chief Mario Draghi addressing an MEP hearing in Brussels said, The ECB stands ready to expand its quantitative easing program in the face of low inflation. The ECB President shrugged off...
Bank Indonesia likely to remain on hold throughout this year, says ANZ
Feb 06, 2017 06:32 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks
The Bank Indonesia (BI) is expected to remain on hold throughout this year, closely peering through the rise in the countrys inflation. Higher anticipated GDP growth (2017 forecast of 5.4 percent versus 2016 forecast of...
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