Indonesia’s inflation accelerates moderately in January, may give way for further easing
Feb 01, 2016 06:47 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks
Indonesias inflation accelerated moderately in January to 4.14%, as compared with Barclays expectations of 4.3% and consensus expectations of 4.26%. Inflation accelerated due to lower base, as fuel prices were reduced in...
Mario Draghi may push Euro lower today
Feb 01, 2016 06:42 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi, sounded more confident in banks January meeting that in December, when he disappointed market expectations and was seen fumbling literally during the course of press...
RBI unlikely to lower rates on 2 Feb
Feb 01, 2016 05:48 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Reserve Bank of India is unlikely to lower rates further in 2016 after cutting the rate by 50bp in September 2015. The efficacy of rate cuts is expected to depend on the rate of transmission to the lending rate. Till...
Nikkei strong on BOJ’s policy decision
Feb 01, 2016 03:35 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Bank of Japans decision on last Friday to adopt a negative interest rate policy came as huge surprise to global markets. Today benchmark Nikkei 225 index rallying 1.31% to 17,747.52 points while Tokyos broader Topix...
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...
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...
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