Central Bank Watch
Bank of Iceland’s August Policy Review
August 23, 2017
The 7-day deposit rate, which had been cut by 50 basis point sin August 2016 and by 25 bps each in May and June of this year, was left at 4.5% after the latest meeting of the monetary policy committee. A released statement revealed that projected GDP growth in 2017 was revised marginally lower but […] More
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Trump Fuels Public Angst Again
August 23, 2017
In vintage style, the U.S. president’s comments at a political rally in Phoenix was full of threats and accusations on a range of topics: a possible government shutdown if Congress doesn’t fund his “wall” proposal; blaming a few Republicans for the vote against repealing Obamacare; accusing the media for distorting his response to Charlottesville and […] More
