The past week in monetary policy saw 15 central banks announce interest rate decisions. Those that increased interest rates were: India +25bps to 8.50%, and Mongolia +50bps to 12.25%, while those that decreased interest rates were: The Gambia ...

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The past week in monetary policy saw interest rate decisions announced by 7 central banks. The only bank to announce a change to its main monetary policy interest rate was the Banco Central do Brasil, which cut its interest rate by another 50 basis ...

The past week in monetary policy featured monetary policy decisions from 12 central banks around the world. Those that increased interest rates were: Nigeria +275bps to 12.00% and Belarus +500bps to 35.00%. Meanwhile those that reduced interest ...

The past week in monetary policy was relatively quiet with just 4 central banks announcing interest rate decisions. Israel cut its rate by 25bps to 3.00%, while Romania held at 6.25%, Taiwan held at 1.875%, and Colombia held at 4.50%. Also making ...

Here's a listing of the top ten most extreme monetary policy moves in the year to date of 2011 (as judged by Central Bank News). To be sure, there's still another quarter of the year to go, and with heightened concerns about global growth and the ...

The past week in monetary policy saw 10 central banks reviewing monetary policy settings, with just 1 (Nigeria +50bps to 9.25%) changing interest rates. Those that held rates unchanged were: Morocco 3.25%, Turkey 5.75%, Hungary 6.00%, Norway 2.25%, ...

The past week in monetary policy saw 13 central banks review interest rate levels and monetary policy settings. Those that changed rates were: Belarus +300bps to 30.00%, Kenya +75bps to 7.00%, and India +25bps to 8.25%. Russia and Denmark also ...

The past week in central banking saw interest rate announcements from 17 central banks around the world. Just 4 of those central banks announced changes to interest rates: Armenia cut by -50bps to 8.00%, Tunisia cut by -50bps to 3.50%, and Serbia ...

The past week in monetary policy saw just 4 central banks review interest rate settings: Belarus increased +500bps to 27.00%, Brazil dropped -50bps to 12.00%, Israel held at 3.25% and Ghana held at 12.50%. Aside from interest rates, the People's ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This report outlines where inflation is tracking in countries where the central bank has an inflation target. Central Bank News has compiled a table of countries/central banks that have publicly announced an official inflation target. In some cases ...

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%, ...

This article reviews the monetary policy interest rate activity of the world's central banks during the first half of 2011. The key takeaway is that monetary policy tightening has been the dominant game for most emerging market central banks in the ...