Central Bank Watch
No Interest Rate Change for Bank of Israel this Month
August 26, 2013
As in June and July, the Monetary Policy Committee’s meeting in August concluded without a change in the 1.25% key central bank interest rate. A statement released by the committee noted that expected CPI inflation over the coming year lies marginally below the middle the the 1-3% target range even though consumer prices rose 2.2% […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Quiet start to Last Week of August
August 26, 2013
A narrowly mixed dollar shows gains of 0.2% against the loonie and Swiss franc and 0.1% versus the euro and Aussie dollar, no change relative to the yuan, and declines of 0.3% relative to the kiwi and 0.1% against the yen and sterling. The 10-year Japanese JGB and German bund yields dipped a basis point […] More
