The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee (FOMC) kept the target range for the federal funds rate unchanged at between 1.25%...
News Category: Monetary Policy
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United States: Fed stands pat in Yellen’s last meeting as Chair -
Angola: Angolan Central Bank stays on hold in January At its 31 January monetary policy meeting, the National Bank of Angola (Banco Nacional de Angola, BNA) left the main... -
Hungary: Central Bank keeps interest rates on hold in February At its latest monthly monetary policy meeting held on 27 February, the Monetary Council of the Hungarian National Bank (MNB)... -
Colombia: Central Bank cuts the rate to 4.50% in surprise move; indicates an end to the easing cycle Colombia’s Central Bank (Banco de la República, BanRep), opted to cut the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to... -
Malaysia: BNM raises policy rate in January At its 25 January meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) decided to increase the Overnight... -
Ukraine: Central Bank raises key rate as inflationary pressures persist At its meeting on 25 January, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in a surprise move announced its decision to... -
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%...