FOMC decision: No change in rates as expected
The final FOMC decision with Jerome Powell as chair:Prior was 3.50-3.75%The FOMC wraps up its two-day meeting this af ...
Bank of Canada’s Macklem: Under base case, changes to the policy rate likely to be minimal
The policy rate may still require adjustments depending on how various risks develop.Should the economy progress acco ...
How and why all the Bank of Canada forecasts changed in the latest MPR
Here are the changes in today’s MPR:GDP growth (annual)Essentially a wash on growth. The Bank explicitly states ...
Bank of Canada statement from the April 2026 rate decision
The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at 2.25%, with the Bank Rate at 2.5% and the deposit ...
Bank of Canada rate decision: Hold at 2.25% as expected
Prior was 2.25%BOC says “the labour market is soft”The Bank’s outlook assumes tariffs remain unchanged an ...
Fed preview: focus on Powell’s final press conference as no policy change is expected
The FOMC is widely expected to keep the federal funds rate at 3.50-3.75% with no change to the statement. The base ca ...
Rbnz Gov Breman says Q1 core inflation stable within the 1 – 3% target band
RBNZ governor Breman:First quarter measures of core inflation have remained stable within the target band of 1–3%Mone ...
PBOC sets USD/ CNY central rate at 6.8608 (vs. estimate at 6.8347)
The PBOC allows the yuan to fluctuate within a +/- 2% range, around this reference rate.Injects 25.9bn yuan via 7-day ...
PBOC is expected to set the USD/CNY reference rate at 6.8347 – Reuters estimate
The People’s Bank of China is due to set the daily USD/CNY reference rate at around 0115 GMT (2115 US Eastern time), ...
NIESR cuts UK growth forecast, warns Iran war will keep inflation above target until 2028
NIESR cuts UK 2026 GDP forecast to 0.9% from 1.4%, sees inflation peaking above 4% in 2027 and warns of recession ris ...
Chile holds rates but Iran war oil risk echoes across global central banks
The decision itself is unlikely to move markets, with the hold unanimous and widely expected. The significance lies i ...
“The Bank of Japan can’t save the yen”
That headline, “BoJ can’t save the yen”, is a cracker from ING, straight to the point. ING warns th ...