At an extraordinary monetary policy meeting held on 19 March the Central Bank of Peru (BCRP) decided to cut the...
News Category: Monetary Policy
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Peru: Central Bank slashes rates to one-decade low in extraordinary meeting -
Guatemala: Banguat lowers interest rate for first time in over two years in March At its 19 March emergency meeting, the Monetary Board of the Bank of Guatemala (Banguat) unanimously cut the key interest... -
Switzerland: SNB leaves ultra-loose monetary policy in place in March At its meeting on 19 March, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) left the SNB policy rate and the interest rate... -
Dominican Republic: Central Bank slashes rates at emergency meeting in March and announces liquidity injections At an emergency meeting on 16 March, the Central Bank (BCRD) cut a host of interest rates, with the main... -
Poland: Central Bank slashes rates in extraordinary meeting in March The National Bank of Poland (NBP) slashed the reference rate from 1.50% to a record low of 1.00% at an... -
Nigeria: Central Bank announces stimulus measures in March to combat Covid-19 impact On 16–18 March, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced a set of policy measures to counter the economic impact... -
Indonesia: Bank Indonesia eases again in March despite weak rupiah At its 18–19 March monetary policy meeting, Bank Indonesia (BI) trimmed the seven-day reverse repo rate to 4.50% from 4.75%... -
Australia: RBA cuts rates to new all-time low and announces quantitative easing in March At an extraordinary monetary policy meeting held on 19 March, in a bid to tame the economic and financial spillovers... -
Taiwan: Central Bank cuts rates for first time since 2016 At its monetary policy meeting on 19 March, the Board of Directors of Taiwan’s Central Bank unanimously decided to lower... -
South Africa: SARB slashes rates as coronavirus darkens economic outlook At its meeting ending 18 March, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) unanimously decided...