At its meeting on 21 March, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) trimmed its policy rate from 1.75% to 1.50%, becoming...
News Category: Monetary Policy
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Switzerland: Central Bank cuts rates in March -
Norway: Norges Bank stays put in March, meeting expectations At its 20 March meeting, the Executive Board of Norges Bank unanimously voted to hold fire again and leave the... -
Brazil: Bank delivers sixth 50 basis point reduction in March At its 19–20 March meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee (COPOM) of the Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) extended its loosening... -
United States: Fed keeps rates unchanged in March At the meeting ending on 20 March, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) left the target range for the federal... -
Czech Republic: Czech National Bank maintains monetary easing pace in March At its 20 March meeting, the Board of the Czech National Bank (CNB) cut the two-week repo rate to 5.75%... -
Indonesia: Bank Indonesia (BI) held the BI-Rate at 6.00% at its 19–20 March meeting, where the rate has been since October... -
Taiwan: Central Bank hikes rates in March At its monetary policy meeting on 21 March, the Board of Directors of Taiwan’s Central Bank (CBC) hiked the discount... -
Guatemala: Banguat holds key policy rate at 5.00% in March On 20 March, the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Guatemala (Banguat) unanimously decided to keep the key policy... -
Japan: BOJ hikes for first time in 17 years in March On 18–19 March, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) raised its policy rate—for the first time in 17 years—from -0.10% to... -
Australia: RBA stands pat again in March; adopts more dovish language At its monetary policy meeting on 19 March, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left the official cash rate (OCR)...