Fed's Kocherlakota: raising rates in 2015 is inappropriate
May 06, 2015 01:03 am UTC| Central Banks
Comments from Minneapolis Federal Reserves Kocherlakota: Says personal consumption expenditures inflation is running well below 2% And "it will continue to do so for several years. Based on this outlook, raising the...
BOJ's Kuroda says inflation will 'gradually accelerate' as oil price impact fades in Japan
Apr 19, 2015 16:56 pm UTC| Central Banks
Reuters headline: BOJs Kuroda says will make adjustments to monetary policy if needed to reach inflation...
China cuts bank reserve requirement to boost economy
Apr 19, 2015 16:47 pm UTC| Central Banks
Chinas central bank cut the reserve requirement ratio for all banks by 100 basis points on Sunday, the second reduction in two months, as it steps up measures to boost bank lending and combat slowing growth. Chinese...
BoK concerne about fed rate hike continues
Apr 17, 2015 13:26 pm UTC| Central Banks
Bank of Korea (BoK) policy makers and regulators have expressed concern about potential financial instability and capital outflows on the news of Fed rate-hiking.The concerns about narrowing spread between US and Korean...
RBI remains firm on rate cut to check inflation
Apr 16, 2015 08:51 am UTC| Central Banks
RBI Chief Raguram Rajan doesnt seem to act on inflation figures whereas FM, Arun Jaitley as well as streets perceive the cheaper rates would be beneficial for lending business. Such tight actions by imperial bank is quite...
Apr 15, 2015 16:08 pm UTC| Central Banks
All eyes on the ECB and its dovish stance weighed anew on the euro which surrendered most of its gains from the day before that largely stemmed from somewhat underwhelming news on the U.S. consumer.As expected, the ECB...
US Fed's Powell: favors raising rates "fairly gradual"
Apr 08, 2015 12:21 pm UTC| Central Banks
timing and pace of rate rises will be data dependent sees no troubling buildup of frothy financial conditions favours raising rates "fairly gradually" expects inflation to gradually rise to Feds 2% goal jobless rate...
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