Central Bank Watch
Swedish Riksbank Keeps Repo Rate at Negative 0.50%
February 14, 2018
Four months after lowering Sweden’s repo rate to an unprecedented level of zero percent in October 2014, Executive Board members embraced the negative interest rate tool, cutting the repo four times over the twelve months to February 2016 to its current level of -0.5% where such has been for the past two years. The start […] More
Central Bank Watch
Bank of Thailand
February 14, 2018
Thailand’s central bank policy interest rate has been at 1.5% since 25-basis point cuts in March and April of 2015. Monetary Policy Committee members decided to keep it at this pro-growth, accommodative level at this week’s review, releasing a statement that defends the need for such in order to promote the upward return of inflation […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Significant Data Reports
February 14, 2018
Japanese real GDP expanded only 0.5% at a seasonally adjusted annualized rate last quarter, the weakest pace in eight quarters and down from 2.2% in 3Q and 2.5% in 2Q17. GDP still grew faster (1.6%) in 2017 than the prior year’s pace of 0.9%. The GDP price deflator went up merely 0.2% in 2017 and […] More
