RBI steps up efforts to control excess liquidity out of demonetization
Nov 28, 2016 05:47 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has stepped up efforts to control the excess liquidity that has emerged out of the whole process of demonetization, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, effective from November 8,...
ECB expected to extend QE beyond March 2017, Italian politics to remain decisive in ECB policy meet
Nov 25, 2016 11:59 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy
The European Central Bank is expected to extend its quantitative easing programme beyond March 2017 at its last monetary policy meeting this year, scheduled on December 8. Also, the Italian constitutional referendum, to be...
ECB worried over Trump volatility
Nov 25, 2016 11:11 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks
The volatility surge and the selloffs in the bond market post-Donald Trumps victory in the United States that pushed that yield gap between a German 2-year bond and a French 2-year bond to the highest level in 24 months...
NBP likely to keep official rates unchanged in 2017 on expectations of gradual rise in inflation
Nov 25, 2016 10:18 am UTC| Central Banks Commentary
The National bank of Poland (NBP) is expected to keep official rates on hold through the next year, following expectations of a gradual rise in the rate of consumer inflation. Moreover, the minutes of the latest monetary...
Nerves rattle at Riskbank amid inflationary threat
Nov 25, 2016 10:03 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy
As the bond selloffs showed its ugly head amid looming inflationary threat, it seems that nerves of central bankers are rattling all around the globe. In October Swedens Riskbank kept the rates at -0.5 percent but...
SARB keeps policy rate unchanged in wake of heightened global uncertainty
Nov 25, 2016 05:20 am UTC| Central Banks Economy
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) remained on hold at the monetary policy meeting held Thursday, underlining weak domestic currency amid heightened risks from global uncertainty. Also, inflation remained below the...
ECB's policy unlikely to affect CNB’s decision to exit EUR/CZK floor - Gov Jiri Rusnok
Nov 24, 2016 15:35 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Czech National Bank governor Jiri Rusnok in an unexpected turn of events announced yesterday that the European Central Banks (ECB) eventual extension of bond-buying programme may not affect Czech National Banks (CNB)...
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