At its 3–4 May meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee (COPOM) of Brazil’s Central Bank (BCB) unanimously decided to raise the...
News Category: Monetary Policy
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Brazil: COPOM hikes rates for tenth consecutive time in May; brings SELIC rate to early 2017 levels -
Russia: Central Bank cuts rate by further 300 basis points to 14.00% at the end of April At its monetary policy meeting on 29 April, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (CBR) slashed its key interest... -
Colombia: BanRep continues to tighten conditions in April At its 29 April meeting, the Board of Directors of Colombia’s Central Bank (BanRep) voted to increase the benchmark interest... -
Dominican Republic: Central Bank pauses tightening cycle in April At its 29 April meeting, the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) decided to leave its policy rate at... -
Hungary: MNB delivers another 100 basis point rate hike in April At its 26 April meeting, the Monetary Council of the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) decided to raise its base rate... -
Sweden: Riksbank unexpectedly delivers key rate hike in April At its meeting on 27 April, the Riksbank surprised market analysts by raising its key repo rate to 0.25%—effective from... -
Japan: Bank of Japan keeps rates unchanged at April meeting At its meeting ending on 28 April, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) kept its policy rate unchanged at minus 0.10%... -
Guatemala: Central Bank keeps rate unchanged in April The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Guatemala (Banguat) stood pat at its 27 April meeting, keeping the monetary... -
Costa Rica: Central Bank carries out fourth consecutive rate hike at April meeting At its 27 April meeting, the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR) raised the monetary policy rate by 150 basis... -
Singapore: MAS tightens monetary policy further in April At its 14 April meeting, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) raised the level and slope of the Singapore dollar’s...