RBA monetary policy: Assessing future bias
Sep 05, 2017 04:58 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) chose to keep the interest rate steady at 1.5 percent. Lets look at the details of policy announcement to assess the bias of RBA. Key highlights RBA notes that the pickup in...
ECB President Draghi likely to express concern over recent euro appreciation, says Danske Bank
Sep 04, 2017 10:07 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy
The European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi is expected to express concern over the recent appreciation in the common currency at the upcoming monetary policy meeting on September 7, explicitly mention that the...
Bank of Korea likely to keep monetary policy accommodative, adopt wait-and-see approach
Aug 31, 2017 22:24 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The South Korean central bank, Bank of Korea kept its key interest rates on hold at 1.25 percent on Thursday, as was widely anticipated. It has kept its rates unchanged since lowering by 25 basis points in June 2016. The...
ECB’s tapering decision likely to take place in months ahead, may lower inflation forecast
Aug 31, 2017 22:06 pm UTC| Commentary
The tapering decision of European Central Bank is likely to take place in the months ahead, noted Nordea Bank in a research report. The fragile inflation outlook is expected to postpone the decision until October, but the...
BoE MPC member Michael Saunders lays out case for rate hike
Aug 31, 2017 08:19 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Bank of Englands (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member Michael Saunders laid out a case for rate hike during a speech on Thursday. He said that the UK labor market is quickly approaching full employment, while the...
Major Central Banks’ Ranking: Hawkish and Dovish
Aug 24, 2017 12:58 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Since the 2008 great recession, the actions by central banks have affected the markets more than ever. Despite bonds being the usual regime that gets affected, this time it had and having a much greater spillover effects...
PBoC likely to maintain neutral and prudent monetary stance - Barclays
Aug 18, 2017 22:37 pm UTC| Commentary
In spite of the widespread moderation in Chinas activity data in July, the economic growth is expected to meet this years target rate of 6.8 percent in the existing policy environment, according to a Barclays research...
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