At its 29–30 January monetary policy meeting, the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee (FOMC) unanimously voted to maintain its target...
News Category: Monetary Policy
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United States: Federal Reserve signals halt to interest rate hikes in January, confirming dovish turn -
Chile: Central Bank resumes tightening cycle in January At its 30 January monetary policy meeting, the board of the Central Bank of Chile (BCCh) voted unanimously to hike... -
Hungary: Central Bank keeps rates unchanged at first meeting of the year but sticks to normalization plan At its latest monetary policy meeting held on 29 January, the Monetary Council of the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) left... -
Ghana: Bank of Ghana unexpectedly cuts the key rate to 16.00% in January At its three-day meeting concluding on 25 January, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BOG) cut... -
Kenya: Central Bank holds rate steady at first meeting of the year At its latest meeting held on 28 January, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of Kenya’s Central Bank kept the Central... -
Angola: Central Bank cuts the key policy rate in January At its meeting on 25 January, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the National Bank of Angola (Banco Nacional de... -
Malaysia: BNM leaves policy rate unchanged in January At its 24 January meeting, the Monetary Committee of Bank Negara Malaysia left the overnight policy rate unchanged at 3.25%,... -
Norway: Norges Bank keeps rate unchanged in January but leaves door open to a March hike In line with market analysts’ expectations, Norges Bank announced on 24 January that it was keeping the sight deposit rate... -
Korea: Bank of Korea holds interest rates steady in January At its 24 January monetary policy meeting, the Bank of Korea adopted a wait-and-see approach and held the base rate... -
Japan: BoJ keeps monetary policy steady, downgrades inflation forecasts At its 22–23 January meeting, Bank of Japan (BoJ) board members decided in a seven-to-two vote to keep its monetary...