Central Bank Watch
Central Bank of Chile
May 3, 2018
Chilean monetary officials unanimously agreed to keep their monetary policy rate at 2.5%, the level since four 25-basis point cuts in the first five months of last year. A statement was released affirming the Board intention to “keep the monetary stimulus at its current level until macroeconomic conditions tend to consolidate the convergence of inflation […] More
Central Bank Watch
Bank of Norway
May 3, 2018
Norway’s key central bank policy rate was left at 0.5%, the level since a 25-basis point cut in March 2016 culminated 175 basis points of rate reduction since 2011. A released statement after the latest monetary review indicates that the likeliest timing of an initial rate hike appears will be after this summer. While underlying […] More
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Czech National Bank
May 3, 2018
The Czech two-week central bank repo rate was left unchanged at 0.75% by a six to one vote and will continue to be flanked by a 0.05% deposit rate and a 1.50% Lombard rate. The lone dissenting vote favored a 25-basis point hike in the 2-week repo to 1.0%. Policy normalization began exactly one year […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Market Disturbances
May 3, 2018
Share prices fell late yesterday in the wake of an FOMC statement that reinforced the possibility of faster, rather than slower, rate hike normalization. Overnight in the Pacific Rim, Japan’s string of Golden Week holidays resumed with Constitution Day, but stocks elsewhere fell 2.6% in Indonesia, 1.4% in Hong Kong, 1.1% in Singapore, 0.6% in […] More
