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The past week in monetary policy saw 8 central banks reviewing interest rates and monetary policy settings. Just one bank adjusted its main interest rate, with Thailand adding +25bps to 3.50%. Meanwhile the other central banks held interest rates unchanged: Turkey 5.75%, Hungary 6.00%, Namibia 6 Read More

The key event in central banking, and certainly the mind of the markets, for this week will be Ben Bernanke's "Jackson Hole speech" scheduled to take place Friday the 26th of August at 10am ET. The regular event is where US Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, in 2010 introduced the idea of a s Read More

The past week in monetary policy saw just 5 central banks meeting to review monetary policy settings. Those that changed interest rates were: Iceland +25bps to 4.50% and Georgia -25bps to 7.50%. Meanwhile those that held interest rates unchanged were: Colombia 4.50%, Sri Lanka 7.00%, and Chile 5. Read More

The past week in monetary policy was rocked by the turmoil in global sentiment in the wake of the US sovereign credit rating downgrade, and heightened concerns about contagion in the European sovereign debt crisis. In all, 11 central banks reviewed monetary policy rates, with the following banks a Read More

The past week in monetary policy saw 12 central banks reviewing monetary policy settings, with 2 expanding asset buying programs, and just 3 adjusting interest rate levels. Those that adjusted interest rates were: Pakistan -50bps to 13.50%, Uganda +100bps to 14.00%, and Turkey -50bps to 5.75%; Swi Read More

The week in monetary policy saw 8 central banks announcing interest rate decisions. Of those that changed rates were: India +50bps to 8.00%, Nigeria +75bps to 8.75%, and Colombia +25bps to 4.50%. Meanwhile those that held monetary policy interest rates unchanged were: Israel 3.25%, Hungary 6.00%, Read More

The past week in monetary policy was relatively quiet, with just five central banks announcing interest rate decisions. The only central bank to adjust rates was the Banco Central do Brasil, which increased its Selic rate by 25 basis points to 12.50%. The other banks that held rates unchanged wer Read More

The past week in monetary policy was dominated by Asian central banks, with the central banks of Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, and South Korea all announcing interest rate decisions. The only banks to adjust interest rates were Thailand +25bps to 3.25%, and Kenya, which dropped its discount window r Read More

The past week in monetary policy saw interest rate decisions from 14 central banks around the world, of which 7 made changes in their monetary policy settings. Those that increased interest rates were: Sweden +25bps to 2.00%, China +25bps to 6.56%, the EU +25bps to 1.50%, and Denmark +25bps to 1.5 Read More

Over the past week there were 6 central banks announcing monetary policy decisions. Only Kenya (+175bps to 8.00%), and Taiwan (12.5bps to 1.875) increased interest rates. Meanwhile the central banks of Israel (3.25%), Albania (5.25%), Romania (6.25%), and Russia (8.25%) all held monetary policy s Read More