National Bank of Ukraine
Slew of U.S. Executive Orders and Central Bank Policy Reviews
January 21, 2021
President Biden’s inaugural address yesterday called for national unity to face down the many severe challenges now juxtaposed. 17 executive orders followed to reverse several polices of the Trump era. Contrary to warnings, inauguration day was free of domestic violence. U.S. stocks experienced their greatest advance on a presidential inauguration day since 1985, when Reagan […] More
No Deals and Many More Covid Cases… Also Several Central Bank Meetings
December 10, 2020
Talks last night between British Prime Minister Johnson and EU Commission President Von Der Leyden failed to achieve a trade deal. The U.S. senate grinch, Mitch McConnell, put the brakes on efforts to nail down a fiscal stimulus. U.S. Covid deaths yesterday nudged above 3k, and that pace has accelerated to 3,340 over the last […] More
Central Banks of Turkey, Ukraine, and Israel Review Monetary Policies
October 22, 2020
Instead of a follow-through measure after last month’s two percentage point rate hike, officials at the Central Bank of Turkey surprised analysts by keeping their one-week repo rate unchanged at 10.25%. Many had been expected the rate to return to its end-2019 level of 12%. The rate initially this year had been slashed by 75 […] More
Upward Bounce in the Dollar
September 3, 2020
Dollar advances today amount to 0.6% against the Australian dollar and sterling, 0.5% versus the Canadian and New Zealand dollars, and 0.3% relative to the yen and euro. A new high in the dollar was touched against Turkey’s lira after investors learned that Turkish reserves have drained to a 15-year low. The Russian ruble is […] More
Continuing Dichotomy Between Equities and Covid Spread
July 23, 2020
In the past 24 hours, the number of identified Covid-19 infections soared by 284,408 worldwide and 10,738 in the United States, and the number of associated deaths totaled 72,575 and 1,234. All four changes were greater than in the previous 24-hour period. Japanese markets are closed today and tomorrow for Marine Day and Sports Day, […] More
National Bank of Ukraine’s Policy Interest Rate Slashed Another 200 Basis points
June 11, 2020
Ukraine’s central bank rate becomes 6.0%, a record low and down from 12.5% at end-2019 and 18.0% prior to April 2019. Officials also narrowed the overnight rate corridor to 200 basis points in width (5-7%). A released statement concedes that sub-target inflation and the length of time that consumption and business investment seem likely to […] More
Rate Cut to 8% from 10% at National Bank of Ukraine
April 23, 2020
The National Bank of Ukraine slashed its policy interest rate by four times the expected amount to 8.0% from 10%, bringing the total reduction from the three cuts this year to 450 basis points. The rate, which had crested at 18.0% from September 2018 to April 2019, is now at its lowest since March 2014. […] More
National Bank of Ukraine Cuts Key Interest Rate from 11% to 10.0%
March 12, 2020
For the seventh straight scheduled policy meeting, Ukraine’s key central bank policy rate has been cut. This string of reductions began eleven months ago from a high of 18%, and today’s was the second move of 2020 following a reduction of 150 basis points done at the end of January. A statement released by the […] More
Central Bank Rate Cuts in Ukraine and Sri Lanka
January 30, 2020
The National Bank of Ukraine statement stresses a strengthening currency and inflation that has dropped sharply and is now expected to hover below the 4-6% target band until late this year. The rate was cut 150 basis points to 11.0% today and previously had been reduced by 50 bps each in April, July and September […] More
Coronavirus Outbreak Tops Busy List of Developments for Markets to Process
January 30, 2020
Several central banks held their first policy reviews of 2020. Those in Chile and Great Britain left their interest rate structures unchanged at 1.75% and 0.75%, respectively. The National Bank of Ukraine implemented its sixth rate cut in nine months, a 150-basis point reduction to 11.0%. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka engineered its third […] More
