by Ryan Littlestone | August 13th, 2018, 20:26:03 | News, Sticky 2
Why central banks can’t stop the EM rot TRY is getting trounced because of the situation with the US, and further due to a lack of action from the Turkish central bank. ARS has been getting trounced for longer and today its central bank raised rates to 45%, to...
by Ryan Littlestone | August 8th, 2018, 21:02:11 | Central Banks, News, RBNZ
Details from the August 2018 RBNZ monetary policy meeting 8 August 2018 Prior decision 1.75% Sees Dec 2018 cash rate unchanged at 1.8% Lowers Sep/Dec 2019 rate forecasts to 1.8% vs 1.9% prior Sees annual CPI at 1.8% by Sep 2019 vs 1.6% prior The key line below is that...
by K-man | August 7th, 2018, 04:38:26 | Central Banks, RBA
RBA August 2018 Interest rate decision on 07.08.2018 GDP growth to average a bit above 3% progress on inflation and unemployment to be gradual Headline inflation expected to remain lower than earlier expected in 2018 Inflation expected to be higher in 2019/2020 Low...
by K-man | August 2nd, 2018, 11:12:10 | BOE, Central Banks
BOE interest rate decision and inflation report 02.08.2018 Vote for hike 9-0 , a unanimous vote QE maintained at 435B£ Further rate hikes will be limited and gradual 1yr inflation forecast 2.15% from 2.13% 2 yr inflation 2.09% from 2.03% 3 yr inflation 2.03% from...
by Ryan Littlestone | July 16th, 2018, 10:24:10 | News
Household incomes factor greatly in the ECb’s thinking so how are Europeans doing? Eurostat has released its latest ‘Living Conditions’ report covering 2015/16 and it shows that disposable income across the EU 28 states rose by a median 2.0% before...