RBA policy – assessing the bias
Dec 01, 2015 09:28 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), decided to keep policy unchanged and keep interest rate at 2%. RBAs decision has given support to Aussie, which is now trading at 0.729 against Dollar, up 0.85% so far today. Reserve bank...
Report: Central Bank Of Barbados Should Consider Including Bitcoin In Its Reserve Mix
Dec 01, 2015 09:24 am UTC| Digital Currency Central Banks
Two economists, Winston Moore and Jeremy Stephen, have discussed whether cryptocurrencies should be included in the portfolio of international reserves held by the Central Bank of Barbados in a recent paper, CoinDesk...
Sweden's Riksbank's rate cut likely in December
Dec 01, 2015 07:48 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Sweden economy is in upward momentum in past four quarters, as the economys average quarterly growth was 0.9%. Various macroeconomic indicators have improved. The number of hours worked rose by 0.4% y/y in Q3 and...
Dec 01, 2015 07:35 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
After the recent remarks by Mario Draghi has fueled the markets anticipations on further action, it should become easier to get a consensus that the central bank will give at least something to the market. Currently, any...
Bank of Indonesia likely to cut rates twice in H1 16
Dec 01, 2015 07:27 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Bank of Indonesias December meeting is on the same day as that of US Fed. The central banks decision to cut the reserve requirement ratio indicates the clear need of easing ahead. With better inflation expectations...
Reserve Bank of India leaves the CRR unchanged
Dec 01, 2015 05:58 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
By assessing the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, the Reserve Bank of India has decided to to keep the cash reserve ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks unchanged at 4.0 pct of net demand and time liability...
Russian sanctions to weigh on Turkish growth prospects and delay CBR cuts
Dec 01, 2015 05:25 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
As expected, Russia imposed economic sanctions on Turkey for shooting down its warplane on November 24, 2015. Turkeys income from Russia on trade related basis is c. 2% of its GDO, with Russia limiting exposure to Turkey,...
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