At its meeting on 16 December, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) left its policy rate and the interest rate on...
News Category: Monetary Policy
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Switzerland: SNB maintains ultra-loose monetary policy in December -
United Kingdom: BoE hikes rates in December At its meeting ending on 15 December, the Bank of England (BoE) increased the bank rate from 0.10% to 0.25%.... -
Taiwan: Central Bank keeps rates unchanged in December At its monetary policy meeting on 16 December, the Board of Directors of Taiwan’s Central Bank (CBC) kept rates unchanged,... -
Mexico: Banxico delivers fifth consecutive rate hike in December On 16 December, the Governing Board of the Bank of Mexico (Banxico) opted to raise the target for the overnight... -
Egypt: Central Bank stays put in December meeting, in line with expectations At its 16 December monetary policy meeting, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) once again decided to keep the overnight... -
Costa Rica: Central Bank raises policy rate from its record low in December At its last meeting of the year held on 15 December, the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR) raised the... -
Philippines: Central Bank keeps rates unchanged in December At its monetary policy meeting on 15 December, the Central Bank of the Philippines maintained the overnight reverse repurchase facility... -
Norway: Norges Bank delivers second rate hike in December meeting At its 15 December monetary policy meeting, the Executive Board of Norges Bank unanimously voted to increase the sight deposit... -
United States: Fed keeps rates at effective floor in December; speeds up tapering of its QE purchases At its meeting on 14–15 December, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided to hold the target range for the... -
Chile: Central Bank implements a further aggressive rate hike in December; forward guidance grows more hawkish At its 14 December meeting, the board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to hike the monetary policy rate...