Central Bank and Monetary Policy

China's Central Bank Keeps MLF Loan Rate Steady

China Central Bank Keeps Key Policy Rate Steady

China’s central bank kept a key policy rate steady while injecting liquidity into the financial market, signaling that it may hold benchmark rates unchanged for longer.

MarketWatch · 19h

China Central Bank Keeps One-Year Medium-Term Lending Facility Rate Steady at 2.00%

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EconoTimes · 16h

China's Central Bank Keeps MLF Loan Rate Steady at 2.00%

Chinas central bank, the Peoples Bank of China (PBOC), conducted a medium-term lending facility (MLF) operation on Friday, offering 200 billion yuan ($27.46 billion) in one-year loans to financial institutions.

Bank of Japan, rates

AOL · 11h

Bank of Japan hikes interest rates to highest level in 17 years

The Bank of Japan has raised short-term interest rates by a quarter point, the highest in 17 years, signalling efforts to normalise monetary policy in response to persistent inflation and increasing wages.

Channel NewsAsia Singapore · 8h

Economists expect more interest rate hikes from Bank of Japan this year

Japan’s central bank has hiked interest rates as expected to a 17-year high as it continues on a path to normalise its monetary policy. On Friday (Jan 24), the Bank of Japan (BOJ) raised short-term rates by 25 basis points to 0.5 per cent, its highest level since the 2008 global financial crisis.

Houston Chronicle · 12h

Bank of Japan raises interest rate to about 0.5%, citing higher wages and inflation

The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25% Friday, noting that inflation is holding at a desirable target level. “The economy is gradually recovering,” BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda told reporters after a two-day policy board meeting in Tokyo.

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Singapore central bank eases monetary policy, first time since March 2020

Singapore's central bank on Friday loosened its monetary policy, the first such move since 2020, saying it expects inflation and growth to be slower than it initially forecast this year. The Monetary ...

12h

Zimbabwe to Keep Monetary Policy Tight to Help Foundering ZiG

Zimbabwe’s central bank will keep a tight monetary policy stance this year to support its currency that’s lost 48% of its ...

A ‘Monetary Policy Rule’ Doesn’t Suddenly Validate Market Intervention

Production is a tautological signal of money in circulation, not the existence of central banks, mints, Treasuries or ...

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Keep Trump, and Every Other President, Out of the Fed

The main job of a central bank is to maintain the purchasing power of the currency, yet the U.S. dollar has depreciated about ...

Economists split on Singapore monetary policy amid Trump 2.0 uncertainties

Economists are split on whether Singapore's central bank will loosen monetary policy this week or leave its settings ...

The News International20h

Trump asks Fed to cut rates, questions central bank’s monetary strategy

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has called for an immediate reduction in interest rates, claiming that he understands monetary policy better than those responsible for setting it, even as the ...

Business Times8h

Economists mixed on whether MAS will ease monetary policy again in 2025, after Jan easing

ECONOMISTS are not ruling out a further easing of monetary policy in Singapore this year, following January’s first easing ...

Channel NewsAsia Singapore5h

MAS eases monetary policy for first time in five years, lowers core inflation forecast

Singapore's exports could become cheaper in the short term, as the central bank loosens monetary policy for the first time in ...

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