At its 30 March meeting, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) resumed its tightening cycle and delivered a 200 basis...
News Category: Monetary Policy
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Egypt: Central Bank meets expectations and resumes tightening cycle in March -
Colombia: BanRep raises policy rate by 25 basis points in April At its 28 April meeting, the board of directors of Colombia’s Central Bank (BanRep) raised the benchmark interest rate by... -
Czech Republic: The Czech National Bank stands pat in March At its 29 March meeting, the Board of the Czech National Bank (CNB) left the two-week repo rate unchanged at... -
Guatemala: Banguat mirrors February’s movement, hikes 25 basis points in March On 29 March, the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Guatemala (Banguat) raised the key policy rate by 25... -
Thailand: Central Bank hikes rates further in March At its 29 March meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Thailand (BoT) hiked the policy rate to... -
Kenya: Central Bank resumes hiking with a 75 basis points increase At its 29 March meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Kenya decided to increase the... -
Japan: Economists see new Central Bank governor Ueda tweaking yields but not interest rates —New governor Kazuo Ueda is to take office on 9 April. —Our panelists see Ueda adjusting yield curve control in... -
Belarus: Central Bank announces further rate cuts from April On 24 March, the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB) announced it would cut the refinancing rate again... -
Switzerland: SNB raises rates by 50 basis points in March At its meeting on 23 March, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) raised its policy rate from 1.00% to 1.50%. As... -
Philippines: Central Bank tightening shifts into lower gear in March At its 23 March meeting, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) raised the overnight reverse repurchase facility rate by 25...