Central Banking Series

Central Banking Series

Fed likely to raise interest rate three times in 2018, says Lloyds Bank

May 26, 2017 05:46 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

The United States Federal Reserve is expected to raise its benchmark interest rate three times in 2018 while adopting two more hikes through this year. The central bank left monetary policy unchanged after the Federal Open...

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Bank of Canada keeps policy interest rate unchanged at 0.5 pct with neutral statement

May 24, 2017 16:04 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

As was widely anticipated, the Bank of Canada kept its key policy interest rate on hold at 0.5 percent. The central banks statement accompanying the decision struck a neutral tone, noted TD Economics. The statement...

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National Bank of Hungary likely to keep policy on hold in May

May 22, 2017 16:09 pm UTC| Commentary

The National Bank of Hungary is expected to keep its policy on hold this week; however, despite of rising inflationary environment the possibility of additional monetary easing is still there. The latest minutes of the...

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National Bank of Poland likely to maintain ultra-easy monetary stance, EUR/PLN to rise in months ahead

May 22, 2017 15:42 pm UTC| Commentary

Polands industrial production and retail sales data came in disappointed in April. Headline industrial output dropped 0.6 percent year-on-year, as compared with expectations of 1.9 percent growth. On a seasonally adjusted...

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Poland economy starts Q2 on strong note, but lack of inflationary pressure to keep NBP's easy monetary stance intact

May 22, 2017 12:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks

The Monetary Policy Council of the National Bank of Poland (NBP) decided to keep the interest rates on hold at last weeks meeting and indicated that it may not start to lift interest rates next year as analysts had...

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BoT likely to keep rates unchanged at this week’s meeting, says DBS Bank

May 22, 2017 06:23 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is widely expected to keep rates steady this week. Indeed, there is no reason why the central bank will tinker with its policy rate at any point this year. The pick-up in private consumption...

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U.S Fed likely to hike rates to 1.50 pct in 2017 and to 2.25 pct in 2018, says Lloyds Bank

May 19, 2017 20:26 pm UTC| Commentary

The U.S. Fed kept its monetary policy on hold following the FOMC meeting earlier in May, as was widely anticipated. The largely unchanged statement by the central bank suggests that there still is a possibility of a rate...