Central Banking Series

Central Banking Series

RBA monetary policy: Assessing future bias

Dec 06, 2016 07:54 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) chose to keep the interest rate steady at 1.5 percent. Lets look at the details of policy announcement to assess the bias of RBA. Key highlights: RBA notes that global economy is...

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RBA leaves policy rate on hold, likely to maintain neutral stance through H1 2017

Dec 06, 2016 05:48 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

The Reserve Bank of Australia left its key policy rate unchanged for the fourth month in a row at the monetary policy meeting held Tuesday, following persistently low rates of inflation, which is likely to lead to further...

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RBI likely to slash repo rate as government’s demonetization move impinges upon economic growth outlook

Dec 05, 2016 09:39 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), led by Governor Urijit Patel, is expected to slash the benchmark repo rate at the two-day bi-monthly monetary policy meeting scheduled to be held on December 7, following the ongoing...

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Central Bank of Bahrain considers fintech regulations

Dec 05, 2016 06:26 am UTC| Fintech Law

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) is considering introducing regulations on fintech and startups that focus on fintech are invited to set up their offices in Bahrain and use it as a base to serve the entire GCC and...

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ECB likely to maintain monthly QE purchases worth EUR80 billion in next week’s policy meeting

Dec 02, 2016 11:09 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The European Central Bank is expected to extend its QE purchases by six months to September 2017 and maintain the EUR80 billion monthly purchases in its monetary policy meeting scheduled next week. Lately there has been a...

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Blockchain Revolution Series

Finland's central bank delves into blockchain, organizes seminar

Dec 02, 2016 04:39 am UTC| Fintech Central Banks

The Bank of Finland, in cooperation with the Ministry of Finance, recently organized a seminar to explore the potential applications of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) in various sectors of...

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Market pricing out further PBoC easing for now on overall improvement in China's growth profile

Dec 01, 2016 12:10 pm UTC| Economy Central Banks Commentary

Chinas manufacturing PMI spiked to 51.7 in November, up from 51.2 in the prior month and beating market expectations of 51.0. Chinas manufacturing was the highest since July 2014. Rising steel prices which pushed steel...