Bank of Korea holds bank rates at 1.5%

Jul 09, 2015 07:31 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

BoK kept bank rates unchage at 1.5% as expected this morning. This follows a 25bps cut in June in a pre-emptive move to guard against the economic fallout from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). Commerzbank says,...

ECB awaits political developments before adjusting ELA

Jul 09, 2015 06:37 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The timely response by the Greek government in submitting a three-year ESM loan request yesterday contrasted with the gridlock over the past week and suggests we may finally be moving in the right direction before Sundays...

Poland's future monetary policy depends on fiscal decisions

Jul 09, 2015 04:29 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

Polands current monetary policy has no risks of change in near term.The PLN might be impacted by the potential risk connected to Grexit. However, the central bank and Ministry of Finance would likely intervene on the FX...

Poland central bank rates to remain unchanged till Q1 2016

Jul 09, 2015 04:22 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Interest rates were held flat for the fourth month in a row by the Poland MPC. Governor Marek Belka said that the likelihood of any changes to the level of interest is low. Belka doesnt expect the MPC to revert to an...

FOMC minutes: Divergent views on the outlook kept Fed in limbo

Jul 08, 2015 21:57 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The minutes of the 15-16 June FOMC meeting confirmed the divergence that we saw in the FOMC projections and the strange disconnect between the relatively upbeat FOMC statement and Chair Yellens following more cautious tone...

Minutes of Fed's June Policy Meeting

Jul 08, 2015 19:33 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

While the June policy statement didnt break much new ground on the Feds future actions, the minutes to the meeting were more revealing, and suggest that recent global developments could stay its tightening hand this...

Poland keeps rate comfortably on hold

Jul 08, 2015 18:16 pm UTC| Economy Central Banks

The National Bank of Poland (NBP) kept its policy rate on hold at 1.5% as expected. The MPC has collectively and individually assured that no rate change is likely at least until mid-2016, and the next move is more likely...