OANDA, New York based forex trading serving provider recently revealed in an announcement that it has made a new addition to its APAC region senior level leadership team. As per statement released by the firm…
RBNZ to implement $30bn Large Scale Asset Purchase…
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to implement a Large Scale Asset Purchase programme (LSAP) of New Zealand government bonds. The negative economic implications of the coronavirus outbreak have continued to intensify. The Committee…
Handbook supports transition to new monetary policy framework
New Zealand’s new monetary policy framework, which comes into effect today, is supported by a handbook developed by the Reserve Bank. Recent amendments to the Reserve Bank Act 1989 saw the addition of an employment…
Bank Rate maintained at 0.75% – March 2019
The Committee voted unanimously to maintain the stock of sterling non-financial investment-grade corporate bond purchases, financed by the issuance of central bank reserves, at £10 billion. The Committee also voted unanimously to maintain the stock…
Yakiv Smolii: National Bank of Ukraine press briefing…
Dear colleagues, Please be informed that the NBU Board has decided to maintain its key policy rate at 18% per annum. We believe that the tight monetary conditions continue to be an important prerequisite for gradually…
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting of the…
[caption id="attachment_328898" align="aligncenter" width="694"] reserve-bank-board-with-members-of-staff[/caption] Members Present Philip Lowe (Governor and Chair), Guy Debelle (Deputy Governor), Mark Barnaba AM, Wendy Craik AM, Philip Gaetjens, Ian Harper, Allan Moss AO, Carol Schwartz AM, Catherine Tanna Others Present Luci Ellis (Assistant Governor, Economic), Christopher Kent (Assistant Governor, Financial Markets), Alexandra Heath (Head, Economic…
Central Bank of Egypt’s overnight rate cut by…
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to cut the Central Bank of Egypt’s (CBE) overnight deposit rate, overnight lending rate, and the rate of the main operation by 100 basis points to 15.75 percent, 16.75…
Bank of Thailand Raises Policy Rate by 0.25…
Mr. Titanun Mallikamas, Secretary of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), announced the outcome of the meeting on 19 December 2018 as follows. The Committee voted 5 to 2 to raise the policy rate by 0.25…
BOE: Professor Silvana Tenreyro, External Member, Monetary Policy…
Report to the Treasury Committee, 23 August 2018 Economy and voting record When I joined the MPC in July 2017, annual CPI inflation was running well above the 2% target set out in the remit. I…