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Monetary Policy Week in Review - 6 May 2012
The past week in monetary policy saw two central banks altering official interest rates; the Reserve Bank of Australia cut its base rate 50 basis points to 3.75%, while the National Bank of Rwanda hiked rates by 50bps to 7.50%. Those central banks that held interest rates unchanged were: Colombia 5.25%, the EU 1.00%, Thailand 3.00%, Uganda 21.00%, Kenya 18.00%, Egypt 9.25%, Romania 5.25% and the Czech Republic at 0.75%. Elsewhere Peru's central bank announced alterations to its required reserves, Jordan's central bank reduced bank loan rates and the People's Bank of China stepped up liquidity operations; prompting ... (full story)