At its meeting on 25 January, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in a surprise move announced its decision to...
News Category: Monetary Policy
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Japan: Bank of Japan maintains monetary policy stance in January The Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) board members decided in an 8-to-1 vote to keep monetary policy unchanged. The decision, made... -
Kenya: Central Bank keeps key rate on hold in January The Central Bank opted to keep the keep the key rate unchanged at 10.00% at its first meeting of 2018... -
Ghana: Bank of Ghana holds policy rate unchanged, surprising market analysts An upward trend in inflation over the past three months prompted the Bank of Ghana to keep its monetary policy... -
South Africa: Central Bank holds repurchase rate steady in January The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) left the the repurchase rate unchanged at 6.75%... -
Korea: Bank of Korea keeps base rate unchanged in January On 18 January, at its first monetary policy meeting of the year, the Bank of Korea (BOK) kept its base... -
Indonesia: Bank Indonesia keeps rates on hold in January At its 17 and 18 January monetary policy meeting, Bank Indonesia decided to make no changes to interest rates, holding... -
Turkey: Central Bank keeps policy on hold in January on improved currency and price dynamics The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) stayed put at its 18 January monetary policy meeting, as officials... -
Canada: Bank of Canada hikes rate to 1.25% but signals caution due to NAFTA On 17 January, the Bank of Canada (BoC) raised its target for the overnight rate by 25 basis points to... -
Kazakhstan: Central Bank cuts base rate by 50 basis points, surprising market analysts The National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) decided to cut the one-day repo rate—also known as the base rate—by 50 basis...