At its 25–26 September monetary policy meeting, the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee (FOMC) unanimously decided to raise its target...
News Category: Monetary Policy
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United States: Federal Reserve hikes rate as expected in September, drops accommodative language and raises outlook -
Czech Republic: Central Bank delivers third consecutive rate hike in September At its 26 September meeting, the Bank Board of the Czech National Bank (CNB) decided to raise the two-week repo... -
Kenya: Central Bank keeps policy rate on hold At its latest meeting held on 25 September, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of Kenya’s Central Bank decided to keep... -
Nigeria: Central Bank holds policy rate in September At its 24–25 September meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) decided to leave... -
Ghana: Bank of Ghana maintains the key rate at 17.00% in September At its three-day meeting concluding on 24 September, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BOG) held... -
Angola: Central Bank keeps policy rate unchanged in September At its 21 September meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the National Bank of Angola (Banco Nacional de Angola,... -
Switzerland: SNB stands pat in September on stronger franc; downgrades 2019 inflation outlook The Swiss National Bank (SNB) maintained the target rate for the three-month Libor at between minus 1.25% and 0.25% at... -
Norway: Norges Bank hikes the key policy rate for the first time since 2011 On 20 September, Norges Bank announced it was raising the key policy rate to 0.75% from the previous all-time low... -
Brazil: Central Bank holds SELIC rate at 6.50% but warns downside risks have increased At its 18–19 September meeting, the Central Bank of Brazil’s Monetary Policy Committee (Comité de Politica Monetaria, COPOM) unanimously decided... -
South Africa: SARB argues wait-and-see in September At its meeting ending 20 September, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) kept the...