Indonesia Central Bank to Draft New Regulations After Expanded Economic Growth Mandate 
Kevin Warsh Faces Early Fed Test as Inflation Risks Challenge Rate-Cut Expectations 
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Signals Policy Overhaul as Hawkish Rate Outlook Rattles Markets 
RBA Expected to Hold Interest Rates at 4.35% as Markets Watch AUD/USD and ASX 200 
Taiwan Central Bank Likely to Keep Interest Rates Unchanged Through 2027 
RBNZ Holds Interest Rates Steady but Signals More Hikes Ahead in 2026 
RBI Holds Interest Rates at 5.25%, Cuts India Growth Forecast Amid Rising Global Risks 
Jerome Powell Warns Against Politicizing the Federal Reserve, Defends Democratic Institutions 
BOJ June Rate Hike Likely as Inflation Risks Rise Amid Middle East Tensions 
BOJ Signals More Rate Hikes as Inflation Risks Rise Amid Energy Price Pressures 
Minutes of the February policy meeting of the Reserve Bank of Australia:
- AUD still above most estimates of fundamental value
- Board discussed case for waiting until March to cut rates
- Decided a February easing allowed additional early communication in the quarterly SoMP
- Lower a$ needed for economy, further sustained fall would lift growth and inflation
- Board noted a$ would be affected by monetary policy expectations at home and abroad
- Revival in non-mining investment necessary for above-trend growth, but confidence lacking
- Pick up in household consumption also needed, lower fuel prices to help offset soft wages
- Unemployment expected to peak later and little higher than previously forecast
- Spare capacity, productivity growth had lowered unit labour costs and inflation outlook
- Housing market would bear careful watching given rising prices, investment lending
- Uncertain on outlook for chinese property market, impact on commodity demand
Full text is here: Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting of the Reserve Bank Board
