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The Czech National Bank again kept the policy rate unchanged at 7% for a sixth consecutive time at the meeting today. This was...
Research Briefing
The Czech National Bank again kept the policy rate unchanged at 7% for a sixth consecutive time at the meeting today. This was...
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The failure of Silicon Valley Bank and other stresses in the global banking system have triggered a sharp repricing in...
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The ECB sent a clear and balanced message at its meeting this week despite the heightened market stress caused by...
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We expect the Philippines' 10-year government bond yield to trend down in 2023-2024, after rising continuously since Q3 2020.
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At Governor Kuroda's final policy meeting, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) left short-term policy rates at -0.1% and long-term rates at around 0%. Despite mounting...
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While recent economic developments support the notion that economies aren't heading into a major economic downturn, a global recession remains...
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The failures of Silvergate Capital and Silicon Valley Bank have not changed our baseline forecasts for GDP growth, inflation, or...
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We think the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) will be contained and is not a sign of systemic risks...
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Last week's liquidation of Silvergate Capital and the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) have raised questions about the risks...
Aside from Malaysia's BNM meeting and a host of CPI data this week, the closely-watched "Two Sessions" political event will be held in China, trade data from China...
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We think the BoJ’s next governor, expected to be respected scholar Kazuo Ueda, will shift cautiously to a more orthodox policy framework...
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We've created a real-time indicator – the US Business Cycle Indicator (BCI) – to assess the health of economic activity....
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The Bank of Japan enhanced its funds-supplying operations in January, after widening the tolerance band for 10-year JGB yields in...
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Our 2023 growth forecast of 4.5% for China is still 6-tenths below the consensus’ 5.1%, owing to a more cautious...
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Our indicators suggest global economic sentiment is improving despite the impact of higher interest rates, geopolitical uncertainty, and the squeeze...
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Even without rate hikes, central banks' monetary policies can effectively tighten if the nominal neutral rate falls below the policy...
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In this new quarterly Research Briefing series, we answer the top five questions we've recently received from clients.
We think rapidly deteriorating demand and easing commodity prices will prompt the Czech National Bank (CNB) to start cutting rates at the end of Q2.
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The Bank of Japan maintained its monetary policy settings at today’s (18th Jan) meeting. At the same time, the BoJ...
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In December, the Bank of Japan surprised markets by widening the allowance corridor for the 10-year JGB yield target, aiming to fortify its Yield Curve Control policy. The shift effectively results in a tightening of monetary policy, although we think the impact on growth will be limited.