Central Bank Watch
Monetary Authority of Singapore Tightens Stance
April 14, 2022
The Monetary Authority of Singapore, which conducts monetary policy by targeting the external value of the currency rather than a domestic interest rate, took the unusual step today of changing two of the three defining parameters of its Singapore dollar policy, rather than just one. As it did last October and again in January, MAS […] More
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Bank of Korea
April 14, 2022
Officials at the Bank of Korea today authorized the fourth 25-basis point hike of South Korea’s repo rate since last August. Analysts were not expecting an increase, and none had been made at the previous meeting in February. The new rate level of 1.5% is it’s highest since August 2019. CPI inflation in South Korea […] More
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European Central Bank Not as Hawkish as Feared
April 14, 2022
At this week’s meeting of the European Central Bank Governing Council, policymakers as expected speeded up the planned wind-down of monthly asset purchases, but the overall tone of the decision reads less hawkishly than expected. Planned asset purchases had previously been set at EUR 40 billion per month all this quarter and at EUR 30 […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Amid Rising Inflation, Some Central Banks React and Others Do Not
April 14, 2022
The weighted DXY dollar index slid 0.3% so far today and is 0.9% below its year-to-date high hit in intraday trading yesterday. Losses of 0.2-0.3% today have occurred against the euro, yen, kiwi, loonie and sterling, while marginal upticks have occurred versus the Swiss franc and Australian dollar. Stock markets closed up 1.2% in Japan […] More
