monetary policy

The Swedish central bank held its monetary policy meeting last week where it left the key interest rates unchanged at -0.25 percent. The central bank, however, affirmed its intention that it would raise rates once again anytime during… Read More

The week ahead will see the RBNZ holding its monetary policy meeting. Interest rates in New Zealand should remain unchanged at this week's meeting. On the economic front, GDP will form the dominant theme this week. The UK will be… Read More

The economic calendar for the week ahead will see the RBA and the Bank of England holding their monetary policy meetings this week. Both central banks should keep interest rates unchanged. On the economic front, the data from the United… Read More

The U.S. Federal Reserve will be holding its monetary policy meeting this week on Wednesday, January 30. This meeting comes following the December FOMC meeting. Back then, the central bank hiked the short-term interest rates by a quarter… Read More

The economic calendar for the week ahead sees the Bank of Japan and the European Central bank taking center stage. Some economic releases across various economies are also on the cards, making it a somewhat busy week. The Bank of Japan… Read More

The Bank of Canada held its monetary policy meeting last week on Wednesday. The Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged at 1.75% at its meeting. The Central Bank said that the path of monetary policy would depend on assessing the… Read More

The European Central Bank released its meeting minutes from the December monetary policy meeting last week. The minutes showed that ECB officials were close to giving a downbeat assessment of the economic prospects for the Eurozone. The… Read More

The European Central Bank released its meeting minutes from the December monetary policy meeting last week. The minutes showed that ECB officials were close to giving a downbeat assessment of the economic prospects for the Eurozone. The… Read More

Consumer prices in the Eurozone slowed down in December. Although the markets were expecting to see a slowdown, the decline was in the books with inflation rate moving further away from the ECB’s target rate of 2.0%. This was according to… Read More

The FOMC meeting minutes come out this week on Wednesday. The minutes cover the Fed monetary policy meeting from late December. The central bank hiked interest rates by a quarter point bringing the Fed funds rates from 2.25% to 2.50%.… Read More