monetary policy

Bank of Japan April Meeting Summary: Interest rates left unchanged at -0.10% QQE purchases unchanged at 80 trillion yen 2017 – 2018 GDP forecasts increased from 1.5% to 1.6% 2017 – 2018 (core) inflation forecasts reduced…
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Summary: ECB meets in the backdrop of the French elections No changes to monetary policy are expected at this week's meeting ECB officials maintain that current policy is appropriate Only concrete signs of an increase in…
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The Reserve Bank of New Zealand, at its latest monetary policy meeting overnight maintained the official cash rate (OCR) at 1.75% for the fourth consecutive month. The decision to leave interest rates unchanged was widely expected and…
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The European Central Bank published the monetary policy accounts of the January 19th  meeting. Reports showed that policy makers wanted to keep the pace of stimulus purchases unchanged and did not show any intention of scaling back the…
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After a rather busy week which saw new economic reports for the month of January, the markets will be slowing down this coming week with most of the data confined to second-tier from the US, UK, and Europe. Standing out from this will be…
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Mark Carney, BOE governor. Image via Bank of England The Bank of England's (BoE) monetary policy meeting held on Thursday was the first this year. As widely expected the central bank held back from making changes to interest rates or to…
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After a rather quiet trading week, the economic data picks up steam with inflation figures due for release across the US, UK, and the Eurozone. The monthly labor market data from Australia and the UK will be coming out this week including…
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The U.S. Federal Reserve Chair, Janet Yellen gave her first speech of the year on Thursday, speaking at a Town Hall meeting in Washington D.C. Addressing a group of economic teachers at the event, Ms. Yellen gave a vote of confidence on the…
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The year 2016 is likely to go down in history as the most eventful year for gold traders and investors. After starting the year with a bang, gold prices surged to a two-year high led by uncertain monetary policies and weak pace of growth in…
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Sweden's central bank announced an increase to its bond purchase program while leaving the benchmark interest rates unchanged, following the conclusion of the monetary policy meeting on Wednesday as the central bank continues to target its…
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