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The RBA's monetary policy meeting today saw the key rates left unchanged at 2.0%. The RBA cut interest rates in May 2015 and has left rates unchanged since then. However, the focus of today's monetary policy meeting was the recent…
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With the Fed signaling a slower pace of rate hikes and inflation now taking priority will today’s NFP report fail to gain the attention it usually gets? With the Federal Reserve taking a dovish stand on policy today’s nonfarm payrolls…
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The much-awaited speech by Janet Yellen yesterday saw the Federal Reserve Chairwoman defend the Central Bank's decision on moving gradually on interest rate hikes given the uncertainty across various factors. She also outlined the tools the…
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A slow start to the trading week is starting to gain momentum with Fed Chair, Janet Yellen due to speak at the Economic Club of New York later today at 16:30 UK time. The speech titled, "Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy" is likely to…
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The Bank of Japan, in its monetary policy meeting today, left interest rates and the monetary base unchanged at -0.10% and 80 trillion Yen while revising down its view on the economy, highlighting the difficulty as the bank struggles to…
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Image via © Bank of Canada 9151 / Flickr As widely expected, the Bank of Canada left the benchmark interest rates unchanged at 0.50%. In the statement, the BoC noted that financial market volatility was abating and that the fourth quarter…
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The Reserve Bank of Australia, in its monthly monetary policy meeting today decided to leave interest rates unchanged at 2.0%, holding rates steady for 11 months in a row. The RBA had last cut rates by 25bps in May 2015. In the monetary…
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The Reserve Bank of Australia, at its monetary policy meeting, held interest rates steady at 2.0%. In the monetary policy statement, RBA Governor Glenn Stevens noted that global economy continued to grow but at a slow pace than expected and…
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Bank of Japan surprised the markets today by introducing negative interest rate policy. The Central Bank is expected to change interest for excess reserves for financial institutions which park their funds at the BoJ. A rate of -0.10% will…
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The FOMC meeting minutes released yesterday from the Fed's December meeting showed that while almost all members were on board for a 25bps rate hike, it was a close call for some Fed members who were still concerned about core inflation…
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