monetary policy

The European Central Bank will be holding its monetary policy meeting this week on Thursday. This will mark the second meeting this year. Expectations are for the ECB to start laying out plans for relaunching the Targeted Long Term…
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The Bank of Canada will be holding its monetary policy meeting this week. Given the recent patch of economic data, it is unlikely that the central bank will be pushing for rate hikes. The OIS money markets are also signaling no change to…
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The week ahead will see central bank meetings from the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Bank of Canada. Both the central banks are expected to leave interest rates unchanged. On the economic front, the fourth quarter GDP results from…
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The month of February did not spring any surprises. The central bank meetings did not surprise with officials maintaining the official narrative, albeit a bit cautious. In the UK, the Brexit uncertainty continued into February with still…
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The U.S. Federal Reserve released the meeting minutes from the monetary policy meeting from early January. The central bank’s minutes showed that officials discussed ending the reduction in the central bank’s balance sheets before the end…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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