Central Banking Series

Poland central bank likely to hold rates steady this year as inflation remains disappointing, says Fitch Ratings

Mar 17, 2017 08:44 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

The Polish central bank is expected to hold rates steady at 1.5 percent for the rest of this year, as the countrys rate of inflation remains well below the central banks targeted range of 2.5 percent. However, the rates...

Fed Hike Aftermath Series

Fed Hike Aftermath Series: Hike odds post March FOMC

Mar 17, 2017 08:03 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

As expected, the US Federal Reserve hiked interest rate by 25 basis points in its March meeting. However, aside from the rate hike, there were no major changes in the FOMC forecast or statement, except for few minor...

FxWirePro: The Day Ahead- 17th March 2017

Mar 17, 2017 03:08 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Not many economic dockets and events scheduled for today and all with low to medium volatility risks associated. Upcoming: Italy: January trade balance numbers will be reported at 9:00 GMT. Eurozone: January...

BOE monetary policy preview

Mar 16, 2017 10:34 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The pound has increased sharply yesterday after the US Federal Reserve chose not to upgrade its monetary policy outlook for 2017 and the year next. However, the currency has been struggling to gain above 1.27 resistance...

SNB monetary policy: Assessing future bias

Mar 16, 2017 09:51 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) in its monetary policy meeting today decided to maintain its current expansionary monetary policy, which basically means Interest on sight deposits at the SNB will remain at 0.75% and...

PBoC likely to hike another 20bps by end-2017, says ANZ Research

Mar 16, 2017 08:57 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

The Peoples Bank of China (PBoC) is expected to raise its interest rate further by around 20 basis points by the end of this year leading the 7-day reverse repo rate to 2.65 percent, assuming that the United States Federal...

BOJ monetary policy: Assessing future bias

Mar 16, 2017 08:50 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

At todays meeting, policymakers at the Bank of Japan (BoJ) kept the policy unchanged, and the benchmark interest rate at -0.1 percent. Lets look at the current monetary policies, Bank of Japan had already shifted...