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Interest Rates - Central Bank News
Central Bank News publishes a Global Interest Rate Monitor (GIRM) that covers the official monetary policy rates of the world's monetary authorities. Central banks use a range of tools to implement monetary policy but normally identify one rate as their key policy rate.
Israel cuts reserve requirement to ensure flow of credit - Central …
Israel's central bank, one of the few central banks to have kept interest rates steady this year, lowered its capital requirement for regulatory purposes by 1 percentage point "to ensure the banks' ability to continue offering credit" during the coronavirus crises.
Central Bank News: Highlights
Central Bank News' Global Monetary Policy Highlights (GMPH) provides readers with an overview of key events in global monetary policy, such as new policy initiatives, a switch in policy bias, key rate changes or important speeches and papers.
Policy Review - Central Bank News
Four central banks already tightened their policy stance in the second half of 2020 - South Sudan, Argentina, Turkey (twice) and Armenia - while Norway's central bank pulled forward the date of its first rate hike, and the U.S. Fed and Taiwan have raised their growth outlooks.
Brazil cuts rate 100 bps for 4th time but to slow pace - Central …
Brazil's central bank cut its benchmark Selic interest rate by 100 basis points for the fourth time in a row but said it would slow down the pace of easing at its next policy meeting and is looking toward a gradual ending of the monetary easing cycle.
Australia holds rate, repeats A$ "uncomfortably high" - Central …
Australia's central bank held its benchmark cash rate steady at 2.50 percent, as expected, and repeated that the Australian dollar remains "uncomfortable high" and a "lower level of the exchange rate is likely to be needed to achieve balanced growth in the economy."
Central Bank News: Central Bank Directory
Jul 1, 2019 · (Updated by Monica Bertodatto on July 1, 2019) Central Bank News makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information above. However we cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information.
Inflation Targets - Central Bank News
Central Bank News publishes inflation targets for central banks as a complement to the Global Interest Rate Monitor (GIRM). Price stability is a common goal for central banks with some inflation targets set by governments while other targets are set by central banks.
Central Bank News: September 2017
Armenia's central bank left its benchmark refinancing rate at 6.0 percent for the fourth time in a row, saying it expects the current scenario to remain for some time, with the rate at