Central Bank Watch
Czech National Bank
March 29, 2018
Czech monetary policy underwent important modifications in 2017. At an extraordinary session on April 6, officials ended a 3-1/2 year experiment with an asymmetric exchange rate target to prevent the koruna with automatic intervention from strengthening past the 27 per euro level. The use of intervention as a discretionary policy tool was retained. Then on […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Dollar Down a Bit, Stocks Go a Little Higher
March 29, 2018
The dollar has slipped 0.4% against the yen, 0.3% relative to the Aussie currency, 0.2% versus the peso, yuan and loonie, and 0.1% vis-a-vis the euro and Swiss franc. The dollar also edged up 0.1% against sterling overnight. British real GDP growth last quarter was confirmed to have risen 0.4%, down from a 0.5% increase […] More
