RBA February meeting minutes – very significant monetary support to be needed for some time

Minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s monetary policy meeting earlier in the month. On the currency says: More, Headlines via Reuters:  Full text:  

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RBA October meeting minutes – board to place more emphasis on actual inflation, not forecast inflation

Reserve Bank of Australia October 2020 policy meeting minutes Headlines via Reuters, bolding of a some of them is mine.  Underlining too.

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PBOC to lower FX risk reserve ratio to zero, effective from Monday

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) will slash its reserve requirement ratio (RRR) to zero for some forex exchange forwards trading, effective from Mond

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RBNZ says stress tests show need to boost bank capital levels

Reserve Bank of New Zealand  report is here:

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RBA vs. RBNZ – AUD/NZD being driven by divergent policy.

The big difference between these two neighbouring central banks are their respective views on negative rates. – The RBNZ have all but confirmed they are coming soon (APril 2021 is…

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Australia Westpac Leading Index (MoM) fell from previous 0.44% to 0.1% in July

Australia Westpac Leading Index (MoM) fell from previous 0.44% to 0.1% in July

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RBA August Statement on Monetary Policy: Sees unemployment at 10% by end of year

The Reserve Bank of Australia is releasing the full detail of its updated forecasts in the August Statement on Monetary Policy. This follows Tuesday’s

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