Central Bank Watch
Bank of Mexico Decides Not to Raise Interest Rate after Latest Policy Review
August 2, 2018
The Governing Board kept its overnight interbank interest rate at 7.75% but observed in a released statement that “since the last monetary policy decision, the balance of risks to the forecasted trajectory of inflation remains biased upwards, in an environment of high uncertainty.” There had been two 25-basis point hikes this year — in February […] More
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Czech National Bank Lifts 2-Week Repo Rate to 1.25% from 1.00%
August 2, 2018
Developing economies like that of the Czech Republic depend on capital inflows, and these have diminished as a result of U.S. President Trump’s protectionist agenda. Currencies have depreciated, forcing central banks to raise interest rates and counter imported inflation. Today’s Czech National Bank rate increase is the fifth of the cycle, following moves of 20 […] More
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Bank of England Tightens a Second Time
August 2, 2018
Following up on an initial interest rate hike last November, the Monetary Policy Committee by unanimous vote raised Britain’s Bank rate from 0.50% to 0.75%, highest since March 2009. The policy governing the Bank of England’s holdings of gilts and corporate bonds was not changed, and a released statement gave the following forward guidance to […] More
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Share Prices Falter… British and Czech Central Bank Rates Hiked
August 2, 2018
The tone of tariff threats between the United States and China has intensified. The Turkish lira tumbled to an all-time low beyond the 5 per dollar level yesterday in response to the imposition of U.S. sanctions against the Turkish Minister of Justice. The lira had already been under siege as a result of accelerating inflation […] More
