With the help of extensive support measures, the Swedish financial system has coped relatively well during the pandemic and a financial crisis has been avoided. Credit supply has been maintained and important funding markets
Read More »RBNZ: Monetary Support Continued
The Monetary Policy Committee agreed to maintain the current stimulatory level of monetary settings in order to meet its consumer price inflation and employment objectives. The Committee will keep the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 0.25
Read More »Governor Christopher J. Waller: The Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy
At The Global Interdependence Center's 39th Annual Monetary and Trade Conference, The LeBow College of Business, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Read More »RBNZ: Monetary Stimulus Continued
RBNZ will maintain the current stimulatory level of monetary settings in order to meet its consumer price inflation and employment objectives. The Committee will keep the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 0.25 percent, and the Large Scale Asset Purchase and Funding for Lending programmes unchanged
Read More »IMF praises Switzerland’s handling of the pandemic
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Switzerland has navigated the COVID-19 pandemic well up to now and has been able to limit the decline in economic output.
Read More »Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement March 2021
The Federal Reserve is committed to using its full range of tools to support the U.S. economy in this challenging time, thereby promoting its maximum employment and price stability goals.
Read More »Fitch Ratings: World GDP Forecasts Revised Up After US Fiscal Stimulus Package
Global growth prospects are improving as fiscal support is stepped up sharply, economies adapt to social distancing and vaccination rollout gathers momentum, says Fitch Ratings in its latest Global Economic Outlook
Read More »Philip Lowe: Opening remarks at the Melbourne Business Analytics Conference
I am very pleased to be able to join you, not least because of the theme of this year's conference: Driving Recovery and Growth through Data Analytics. This theme brings together 2 issues that are very close to my heart
Read More »The End of LIBOR
The FCA has announced the dates that panel bank submissions for all LIBOR settings will cease, after which representative LIBOR rates will no longer be available
Read More »Managing the risks of remote working in financial institutions
MAS and The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) jointly issued today a paper on managing new risks that could emerge from extensive remote working arrangements adopted by financial institutions (FIs) amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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