5 ways the Reserve bank is going to bat for Australia like never before
Nov 04, 2020 00:17 am UTC| Economy Central Banks
The most important of the five measures the Reserve Bank announced on Tuesday is the one that wont whirr into place for a very long time. Others start immediately. On Thursday the bank will wade into the market and...
Bank Indonesia keeps policy rate on hold at 4 pct, likely to continue with policy accommodation
Oct 13, 2020 14:19 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Bank Indonesia kept its key policy rate on hold at 4 percent today for the third consecutive meeting. While the IDR has regained some ground in the past week or so, the currency continues to be the regions weakest...
FxWirePro: RBA MPS Preview & AUD Trades
Oct 05, 2020 10:37 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is scheduled for its monetary policy to take their interest rate decision tomorrow morning. It is expected that it will keep its key rate on hold at 0.25%. What will be interesting will...
Oct 05, 2020 06:15 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views
Thin trade given local holidays. AUDUSD seems to be resilient to equity wobbles so 0.7130 levels should continue to hold, modest upside bias. The medium-term perspectives: The northern summers risk rally and USD rout...
Federal Reserve hopes years of zero rates will spur inflation – but there are risks
Sep 20, 2020 06:01 am UTC| Economy Central Banks
In a healthy economy, prices tend to go up a process called inflation. While you might not like that as a consumer, moderate price growth is a sign of a growing economy. And, historically at least, wages tend to go up...
BNM keeps overnight policy rate on hold, likely to refrain from further cuts in 2020
Sep 10, 2020 11:45 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Malaysian central bank kept the overnight policy rate on hold at 1.75 percent today, consistent with expectations. Bank Negara Malaysia was decisively more optimistic in its statement regarding the economic growth. The...
Norges Bank keeps interest rate on hold
Aug 20, 2020 15:45 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Norges Bank stood pat today, as expected. A new rate path was not presented today and therefore all eyes were on the statement from Norges Banks Monetary Policy Committee, where they gave an assessment of the main economic...
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