Poor China's PMIs suggests monetary easing from PBoC likely to continue
Mar 01, 2016 10:40 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks
Chinas central bank announced on Monday it would cut banks reserve requirement ratio, allowing banks to set aside fewer deposits which in turn encourages them to lend more. The unexpected move came one day ahead of the...
RBA policy – assessing the bias
Mar 01, 2016 08:44 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), decided to keep policy unchanged and keep interest rate at 2%. Since it was largely expected stay put, Aussie didnt gain much from the decision. Reserve bank of Australia (RBA) after few...
China’s central bank lowers RRR, likely to further lower rates in H1 2016
Mar 01, 2016 06:49 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The People Bank of China recently stated that RRR will be lowered by 50bp effective 1 March 2016. This move was taken by the PBoC just after the G20 meeting and Governor Zhous comment regarding prudent but moderately loose...
RBA seems to have strengthened easing bias, but keeps cash rate unchanged
Mar 01, 2016 05:54 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to keep the cash rate unchanged at 2%, on par with expectations. The central bank had expressed its easing bias in its recent statements saying persistent low inflation may give...
Strong job growth reduces the chances of further monetary easing from BoK
Feb 29, 2016 14:45 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Koreas recent strong job growth has been led by the manufacturing sector, contradicting the view that manufacturing jobs will likely decline as a country advances from an emerging to a developed economy. The pickup in...
Sluggish credit growth defends ECB's action for further easing and even more negative interest rates
Feb 26, 2016 11:11 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Euro-zone Monetary Indicators released on Thursday showed that bank lending in the Euro area was not much different compared to the earlier months: growth was positive but still weak. Data showed that euro-zone broad money...
National Bank of Hungary likely to lower rates in Q2 2016
Feb 25, 2016 05:14 am UTC| Commentary
In 2015, the Hungarian economy performed very well. The economy is likely to have expanded above trend in 2015 after many years of stagnation. This led to stronger price pressures with core CPI inflation accelerating from...
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