Central Bank Watch
National Bank of Ukraine
March 2, 2017
Ukraine’s key policy interest rate will remain at 14.0%. Monetary officials released a statement after making that decision that concedes that risks of greater inflation have become greater since their previous policy review on January 26, which also did not change the rate. Inflation accelerated to 12.6% in January and likely will climb further in February. […] More
Central Bank Watch
Bank Negara Malaysia
March 2, 2017
Malaysia’s central bank kept a 3.0% overnight policy rate and released a statement that projects continuing domestic demand-led growth of a bit over 4.0% and a modest rise in core CPI inflation. Total inflation will likely be more volatile than core because of uncertainties surrounding the international environment. Malaysia’s monetary policy interest rate was cut […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Overseas Share Prices Didn’t Follow Yesterday’s U.S. Rally
March 2, 2017
Stocks were mixed in the Pacific Rim. While Australia’s bourse climbed 1.3% and the Japanese and Indonesian markets went up 0.8%, stocks fell 0.2% in Hong Kong and 0.5% in India. In Europe, the Greek and Spanish markets are flat, and the German and British ones have dipped 0.1%. U.S. futures are a tad down. […] More
