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The past week in monetary policy and central banking saw just one central bank change interest rates, with Brazil cutting rates 75 basis points to 9.75%. Meanwhile those that held interest rates unchanged were: Australia 4.25%, Kenya 18.00%, Poland 4.50%, New Zealand 2.50%, EU 1.00%, UK 0.50%, Kor Read More

The past week in monetary policy saw two central banks changing their main interest rates; Colombia +25bps to 5.25%, and Belarus -500bps to 38.00%, while two held their rates unchanged; Namibia at 6.00%, and Turkey at 5.75%. Turkey did however cut some of its other interest rates (see the update f Read More

Adding to the stable of the Global Monetary Policy Rate Index, we introduce the Emerging Markets sub-index; a GDP weighted composite interest rate indicator for 21 emerging markets. The Index has been built out to January 2000. In addition to the Emerging Markets sub-index, we will also look at th Read More

The past week in monetary policy saw 3 monetary policy interest rate changes; Kazakhstan -50bps to 7.00%, Sweden -25bps to 1.50%, and Ghana +100bps to 13.50%. Meanwhile the central banks of Pakistan 12.00%, Japan 0.10%, Chile 5.00%, and Georgia 6.50% all held interest rates unchanged. The other k Read More

Following on from the initial launch of the GMPRI [Global Monetary Policy Index] this research note focuses on the Developed Markets sub-index. The first point to note is that we have developed history for the index back to January 1999 (data file is available at the bottom of this article). While Read More

The past week in monetary policy saw just one bank lift rates; Jordan +50bps to 5.00%, and two banks cut rates; Belarus -200bps to 43.00%, and Indonesia -25bps to 5.75%. Meanwhile the banks that held rates unchanged were: Australia 4.25%, UK 0.50%, EU 1.00%, South Korea 3.25%, Serbia 9.50%, Icelan Read More

Central Bank News has developed a set of interest rate indexes to track broad trends in monetary policy across the globe. The index is essentially a GDP weighted average interest rate, thus the index can also be used to estimate the cost of capital, assessing monetary policy tightness/looseness, an Read More

The past week in monetary policy saw 5 central banks adjusting interest rates, with increases from: Colombia +25bps to 5.00%, and Sri Lanka +50bps to 7.50%; and decreases from: The Gambia -100bps to 13.00%, Uganda -100bps to 22.00%, and Romania -25bps to 5.50%. Meanwhile those that held rates unch Read More

The past week in monetary policy saw 2 central banks cutting interest rates (Israel -25bps to 2.50%, and Thailand -25bps to 3.00%), and 1 bank cutting its reserve ratio (India cut CRR 50bps to 5.50%). Meanwhile 7 central banks held rates unchanged (Japan 0.10%, India 8.50%, Hungary 7.00%, Turkey 5 Read More

The past week in monetary policy saw interest rate decisions announced by 11 central banks, with just one announcing a change in rates (Chile -25bps to 5.00%). Those that held rates unchanged were: Sri Lanka 7.00%, Poland 4.50%, Kenya 18.00%, the EU 1.00%, UK 0.50%, Indonesia 6.00%, South Korea 3. Read More