At its monetary policy meeting on 3 May, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) hiked the cash rate from an...
News Category: Monetary Policy
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Australia: RBA hikes rate in May; hints at further hikes ahead -
Chile: Central Bank continues to hike aggressively in May At its 5 May meeting, the board of the Central Bank of Chile (CBC) decided to hike the monetary policy... -
United States: Fed continues to hike in May; announces balance sheet shrinkage At its meeting on 3–4 May, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided to raise the target range for the... -
Norway: Norges Bank holds fire in May, hints at hike in June At its 4 May monetary policy meeting, the Executive Board of Norges Bank unanimously voted to keep the sight deposit... -
Brazil: COPOM hikes rates for tenth consecutive time in May; brings SELIC rate to early 2017 levels At its 3–4 May meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee (COPOM) of Brazil’s Central Bank (BCB) unanimously decided to raise the... -
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...