At its meeting on 9 February, the National Bank of Romania (NBR) raised the policy rate to 2.50% from 2.00%,...
News Category: Monetary Policy
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Poland: Central Bank hikes rates a further 50 basis points in February At its meeting on 8 February, the National Bank of Poland (NBP) raised the reference rate by 50 basis points... -
Czech Republic: The Czech National Bank continues its tightening cycle in February At its 3 February meeting, the Board of the Czech National Bank (CNB) decided to raise the two-week repo rate... -
Euro Area: ECB sticks to plans to gradually reduce stimulus in February meeting At its meeting on 3 February, the European Central Bank (ECB) confirmed its plan to gradually reduce net purchases under... -
Australia: RBA keeps rates unchanged in February but ends bond purchase program At its monetary policy meeting on 1 February, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decided to keep the cash rate... -
United Kingdom: BoE hikes rates in February, begins to wind down asset program On 3 February, the Bank of England (BoE) increased the bank rate from 0.25% to 0.50%, marking the second successive... -
Egypt: Central Bank holds fire in first meeting of the year, meeting expectations At its first monetary policy meeting of the year held on 3 February, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) opted... -
Brazil: COPOM hikes rates for eighth consecutive meeting in February At its 1–2 February meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee (COPOM) of Brazil’s Central Bank (BCB) unanimously decided to raise the... -
Dominican Republic: Central Bank raises rates in January At its end-January meeting, the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) decided to raise the policy rate by 50... -
Ghana: Central Bank stays put in January, following a hike in November At its first scheduled meeting of this year on 25–28 January, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana...