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Dollar Eased but Share Prices and Sovereign Debt Yields Rose Overnight
April 3, 2019
The dollar slipped 0.4% against the euro and 0.2% relative to the yen, loonie, yuan, and Swiss franc. Larger dollar drops of 0.8% and 0.6% occurred versus the Australian and New Zealand dollars, and a 0.1% uptick happened versus the yen. Share prices in the Pacific Rim strengthened 1.2% in China, Hong Kong and South […] More
U.S. Trade Deficit Catapults Higher Despite Tariff Policy
March 6, 2019
The U.S. goods and services trade deficit soared to a 122-month high in December of $59.8 billion. That was 18.8% greater than November’s deficit and embodied an $81.5 billion deficit from traded goods. The 2018 goods and services trade deficit equaled $621.0 billion, compared to $552.3 billion in 2017 and $502.0 billion in the last […] More
Aussie Dollar Down More than 1% Overnight
February 6, 2019
An overnight speech by Bank of Governor Lowe, not Donald Trump’s delayed State of the Union address, stole the currency market spotlight today. Forward guidance from the Reserve Bank of Australia had for some time pointed to an eventual interest rate increase, but Lowe said that in line with shifting economic data and changing global […] More
Policy Monetary Policy Rate Left Unchanged at 1.5%
September 5, 2018
The Monetary Policy Committee of the National Bank of Poland has left the reference interest rate at 1.5% since two 50-basis point cuts in the first quarter of 2015. That stance is being continued, according to a statement released today. Inflation is merely moderate and low in the case of core items despite faster growth […] More
National Bank of Poland
June 6, 2018
The Polish central bank reference rate will stay at 1.5%, its level since cuts of 50 basis points each in January and March of 2015. According to a released statement, “Notwithstanding relatively high economic growth and wages rising faster than in the previous year, consumer price growth remains moderate. Inflation net of food and energy […] More
National Bank of Poland
May 16, 2018
A 1.5% central bank reference interest rate will continue to be flanked by a 0.5% deposit rate and a 2.5% lombard rate. In a released statement, officials note “persistently low domestic inflationary pressure across many countries” and predict that Polish inflation will likely stay near its target pace through the monetary policy transmission horizon. On-year GDP […] More
National Bank of Poland
April 11, 2018
No change was made in Polish monetary policy at the latest review. The reference interest rate has been at 1.5% since a pair of 50-basis point cuts in January and March of 2015. Prior to 2012, the reference rate had been at 4.75%. Officials foresee CPI inflation staying near its target during the forecast horizon […] More
National Bank of Poland
February 7, 2018
The Monetary Policy Council at Narodowy Bank Polski agreed to leave interest rates unchanged at this week’s policy review. Since March 2015, a 1.5% reference rate has been flanked by by a 0.5% deposit rate and a 2.5% Lombard rate. Robust growth continues, yet inflation is moderate overall and low on core items. Over its […] More
National Bank of Poland Keeps Existing Policy Settings
January 10, 2018
A statement released by monetary officials after they left the 1.5% reference interest rate at 1.5% — it’s been at that level since March 2015 — predicts decent growth ahead but at a somewhat lower pace than in the second half of 2017 and CPI inflation near its target. Although wage growth has accelerated, core […] More
National Bank of Poland
December 5, 2017
A statement released after this month’s Monetary Policy Council meeting exhibits no urgency to modify Poland’s 1.5% reference interest rate. The last changes to such were a pair of 50-basis point cuts in January and March of 2015. Before that, 225 basis points of easing were implemented from January 2012 to July 2013. The global […] More
