Central Banking Series

Central Banking Series

Strong data from the euro area suggest ECB could start taper in early 2018

Feb 27, 2017 12:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks Economy

The ECB has maintained an ultra-loose monetary policy with an aim to stimulate economic growth in the euro area and push inflation towards the central banks target of just below 2.0 percent. Recent data from the euro area...

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Bundesbank hawk assures stability in ECB policy

Feb 27, 2017 10:09 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Most notable hawk in the European Central Banks (ECB) governing council and the chief of German central bank Jens Weidmann maintained his sharp criticism of the ECBs monetary policy as usual; however, he was ready to...

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Malaysia's Bank Negara likely to hold benchmark policy rate at 3.00 pct despite spike in inflation

Feb 22, 2017 11:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks Economy

The Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) in its first monetary policy meeting of 2017 on 16th January held its benchmark overnight policy rate at 3.00 percent and said that the decision was supported by stronger household demand,...

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Bank Indonesia likely to hike 25 bps in 3Q17 on hopes of upbeat GDP growth, says DBS

Feb 21, 2017 07:03 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

Bank Indonesia (BI) is expected to hike its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.00 percent by the third quarter of this year, following hopes of a strong growth in the countrys gross domestic product (GDP)....

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PBoC likely to proceed cautiously in raising interbank rates

Feb 20, 2017 11:50 am UTC| Central Banks Commentary

The Peoples Bank of Chinas (PBoC) easing cycle since late 2014 has been accompanied by a buildup in borrowing. By end-2016, the nations debt to GDP ratio swelled to 270 percent from 150 percent in 2008. On 24 Jan, the PBoC...

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Bank of Korea likely to adopt balanced view on growth, inflation outlook at this week’s meeting, says DBS

Feb 20, 2017 07:09 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

The Bank of Korea (BoK) is expected to adopt a balanced view about the growth and inflation outlook and to hold rates steady at Thursdays meeting. Economic growth has shown some signs of bottoming out, thanks to the recent...

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BoT likely to lift benchmark rate to 1.75 pct in the later part of this year, says OCBC Bank

Feb 20, 2017 06:44 am UTC| Commentary

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is expected to lift its benchmark interest rate to 1.75 percent in the latter half of this year, especially if domestic indicators continue to point north amid rising inflationary...