Search Results for: Economic Outlook
IMF Urges Fed to Wait on Interest Rates Until 2016
June 5th, 2015
The International Monetary Fund on Thursday slashed its forecasts for U.S. economic growth, calling for the Federal Reserve to hold off its first rate increase in nearly a decade until 2016. In its annual review of the U.S. economy, ...
US economy expanded between April and May says Federal Reserve
June 4th, 2015
The US Federal Reserve said the economy grew between April and May in its latest assessment of the economy, rebounding from a contraction in the first quarter. In the so-called Beige book, it said surveys from across the country ...
Statement by Glenn Stevens, RBA Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
June 2nd, 2015
At its meeting today, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 2.0 per cent. The global economy is expanding at a moderate pace, but some key commodity prices are much lower than ...
G7 finance ministers to discuss recent forex moves – Canada
May 26th, 2015
Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations will discuss recent foreign exchange movements when they meet in Germany this week, a senior Canadian official said on Monday. The official also told reporters that foreign ...
Bank of Japan: Statement on Monetary Policy
May 22nd, 2015
1. At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided, by an 8-1 majority vote, to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period: The Bank of ...
Bank of England says UK economy to grow by 2.5% in 2015
May 13th, 2015
The Bank of England has cut its 2015 growth forecast from 2.9% to 2.5%, and for next year from 2.9% to 2.6%, as governor Mark Carney unveiled his quarterly inflation report. And he told MPs interest rates would rise ...
Greek government takes aim at creditors over stalled bailout talks
May 6th, 2015
Senior official lays blame on disagreements between EU and IMF as economic growth rate forecasts are slashed Greece’s government has blasted its creditors for holding back progress on bailout talks, laying the blame squarely on differences between the European Union and ...
OCR unchanged at 3.5 percent
April 30th, 2015
Statement issued by Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Graeme Wheeler: The Reserve Bank today left the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 3.5 percent. Trading partner growth continues at around its long-term average, but remains dependent on highly accommodative ...
Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
April 30th, 2015
Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in March suggests that economic growth slowed during the winter months, in part reflecting transitory factors. The pace of job gains moderated, and the unemployment rate remained steady. A range ...
Central Banks Will Be Busy This Week, But Their Ability To Boost Global Business Is In Doubt
April 27th, 2015
Most big central banks have been easing policy since the beginning of the year and are set to do more, but it still isn’t clear whether that new activism, which has pushed stock markets to record highs, will help ...
