South African Reserve Bank likely to proceed with rate hike cycle in 2016
Mar 11, 2016 11:25 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The South African Reserve Bank is expected to hike its key rate to 7% as the high CPI inflation outlook continues to pressurize the central bank to go ahead with its rate hike cycle. According to the MPC, the South African...
Strong NZD is making matters more complicated for RBNZ
Mar 09, 2016 14:32 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Strong NZD is making matters more complicated for RBNZ Reserve Bank of New Zealand will announce its rate decision early tomorrow followed by a press conference of the RBNZ Governor Wheeler. No changes are expected for...
BoJ to stand pat at next week's meet, easing expectations pushed back until July
Mar 09, 2016 12:22 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The BOJs next policy meeting takes place March 14-15, and expectations are the central bank will keep key policy tools unchanged. On January 28, the Bank of Japan shocked the global markets by introducing negative interest...
Bank of Korea likely to keep policy rate on hold tomorrow
Mar 09, 2016 10:36 am UTC| Commentary
The Bank of Korea is likely to keep its policy rate unchanged at 1.5% during its upcoming meeting. The meeting will mainly focus on the weakness in Januarys activity data. Also, there is a higher probability for another...
Norges Bank likely to keep NOK relatively weak to avoid weak economic development
Mar 09, 2016 09:10 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Norways mainland economy stagnated through H2 2015, according to the Q4 GDP figures. The slowdown was mainly due to oil related reasons. Excluding oil dependent sectors, the economic growth is fairly well. Meanwhile,...
Malaysian central bank likely to hold overnight policy rate today
Mar 09, 2016 06:39 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Malaysian central bank is expected to keep the overnight policy rate (OPR) on hold at 3.25% today in order to attain a balance between defending the Malaysian ringgit and strengthening economic growth. Meanwhile, the...
Mar 08, 2016 08:17 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
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