Central Banking Series

Central Banking Series

Bank of Korea likely to stand pat on Thursday amid mounting uncertainties

Dec 14, 2016 11:37 am UTC| Commentary

The Bank of Korea is likely to keep its policy rate on hold at 1.25 percent on Thursday during its policy meeting, and by a unanimous decision, according to a Societe Generale research report. Policymakers are expected to...

Central Banking Series

Central Bank of Russia likely to cut key rate by 50 basis points in December

Dec 14, 2016 11:29 am UTC| Commentary

The Central Bank of Russia is likely to cut its key rate by 50 basis points to 9.5 percent during its meeting on Friday, according to a Nordea Bank research report. In recent weeks, Russias inflation rate has continued to...

Central Banking Series

FOMC interest rate projections review since 2013

Dec 14, 2016 11:25 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The above figure represents FOMC interest rate projections since 2013 and we would try to assess todays meeting from the past projections. First of all, a rate hike is completely priced in and the financial markets are...

Central Banking Series

Bank Indonesia likely to keep policy rate unchanged in December

Dec 14, 2016 08:37 am UTC| Commentary

Bank Indonesia is likely to keep its policy rate unchanged during its meeting on Thursday, making it the second straight month the BI will stay on hold after delivering six cuts of 25 basis points each during the year,...

Central Banking Series

BoJ seems committed to yield curve control

Dec 14, 2016 08:13 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

The actions taken by the Bank of Japan (BoJ) yesterday shows that the central bank remains committed to its experimental monetary policy of yield curve control and we at FxWirePro believe that it would continue that way as...

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Chilean central bank likely to remain on hold at 3.5 pct in December, may introduce dovish statement

Dec 12, 2016 11:28 am UTC| Commentary

The Chilean central bank has undertaken a wait-and-see stance in 2016 after its hawkish moves of the fourth quarter of last year. The BCCh, for the last few meetings has been considering the option of a rate cut. During...

Central Banking Series

BoK likely to remain on hold next week, inflation in 2017 to reach target band, says ANZ

Dec 09, 2016 11:55 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

The Bank of Korea (BoK) is expected to remain on hold at the monetary policy meeting scheduled to be held next week, with headline inflation making a gradual and slow rise. Also, consumer prices in the country are expected...