Brazilian central bank likely to cut key rate by 100 bps, says Commerzbank
Apr 12, 2017 07:02 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy
The Brazilian central bank is expected to cut its key rate by an impressive 100 basis points tonight; that is certainly what a poll amongst analysts would suggest. Some are even expecting 125bp. The development of the rate...
Feb 13, 2017 06:02 am UTC| Commentary
China, Japan and Korea and another three major trading partners of the U.S. were placed on the Monitoring List in the semi-annual report on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies released by U.S. Treasury...
Brazilian central bank slashes interest rate, citing Trump-related global uncertainties
Dec 01, 2016 06:07 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy
The central bank of Brazil has slashed interest rates in the monetary policy meeting held Wednesday, as was widely expected by market participants, citing US President-elect Trump-related global uncertainties that are...
Banxico plans to fight Trump effects with higher interest rate
Nov 16, 2016 09:17 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks
Banco de México, popularly known as Banxico will announce interest rate decision tomorrow at 19:00 GMT and it is expected that the central bank will increase interest rate sharply to fight of the recent effects of a...
US election outcome to determine Banxico's action next week
Nov 08, 2016 14:33 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks Politics
The Mexican Peso remains vulnerable to developments in the U.S. elections which were reflected in the price action over the past two weeks. An improved likelihood of a Trump election victory was bad for the peso, while a...
RBA remains on hold for 3rd straight month
Nov 01, 2016 05:53 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) remained on hold for the third successive policy meeting in a row and is likely to maintain a neutral stance in the near term. The main change to the press release was the inclusion of a...
Russian central bank keeps interest rate unchanged, likely to slash rates early next year
Oct 28, 2016 11:46 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy
Russian central bank kept its key interest rate on hold at the monetary policy meeting held Friday, but said it might cut rates in the first or second quarter of next year. Russias central bank decided to hold its key...
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