How the Fed joined the fight against climate change
Dec 09, 2016 03:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
The Federal Reserves policy committee is expected to lift its target interest rate a quarter-point to a range of 0.5 percent to 0.75 percent at its final meeting of 2016. The main reasons the Fed has kept rates near...
ECB extends QE to December but purchase pace reduced to €60 billion
Dec 08, 2016 12:59 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The European Central Bank (ECB) has extended its Public Sector Purchase Program (PSPP) until December 2017. However, it reduced the purchase pace by 20 billion. In its latest policy decision today, the ECB said it would be...
Will key capital ratio be hindrance to further ECB easing?
Dec 08, 2016 12:47 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The asset purchase program introduced by the European Central Bank (ECB) back in 2015 and extended earlier this year is about to end in March next year. The central bank is currently purchasing 80 billion worth of bonds...
What to expect from ECB ahead?
Dec 08, 2016 12:11 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Today, European Central Bank (ECB) is to provide further guidance in policy meeting. The result to be announced at 12:45 GMT, followed by apress conference at 13:30 GMT. Meeting is to be held in Frankfurt. Current...
National Bank of Poland springs no surprises, remains on hold as expected
Dec 08, 2016 10:44 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy
The National Bank of Poland remained on hold, as per market expectations, throwing no surprise bursts at all. According to NBP Governor Glapinski, the current economic deceleration had been anticipated, but improved...
Dec 08, 2016 07:22 am UTC| Commentary
The Indian sovereign bonds have witnessed a heavy sell-off across the curve on Thursday after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its last monetary policy meeting of 2016 unexpectedly kept its key interest rate...
JGBs trade narrowly mixed ahead of ECB, Fed monetary policy decisions
Dec 08, 2016 07:11 am UTC| Commentary
The Japanese government bonds traded narrowly mixed Thursday as investors await the two of the worlds largest central banks monetary policy decisions. The benchmark 10-year bond yield, which moves inversely to its...
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