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Will the Bank of Japan Abandon Plans for Positive Rates?
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The bulk of policymakers at the U.S. Federal Reserve's last meeting were concerned about the risks of cutting interest rates too soon, with broad uncertainty about how long ...
By unanimous vote, the Committee selected the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to execute transactions for the System Open Market Account (SOMA). By unanimous vote, the Committee selected Roberto Perli and Julie Ann Remache to serve at the pleasure of the Committee as manager and deputy manager of the SOMA, respectively, on the understanding that these selections were subject to being satisfactory to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Secretary's note: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York subsequently sent advice that the selections indicated previously were satisfactory. By unanimous vote, the Committee approved the FOMC Authorizations and Continuing Directives for Open Market Operations, with a revision to Section II, Continuing Directive for Domestic Open Market Operations, to add a standing seven-day term option to the existing standing Foreign and International Monetary Authorities Repurchase Agreement Operations. Ahead of the vote on policies relating to investment and trading, information security, and external communications, the Chair commented on the critical importance of earning and keeping the public's trust in the impartiality of the Committee's decisionmaking. A revised investment and trading policy was proposed which expanded the scope of employees subject to the Committee's investment and trading rules, and introduced new investment restrictions on all employees with access to FOMC information. All participants indicated support for, and agreed to abide by, the FOMC Policy on Investment and Trading for Committee Participants and Federal Reserve System Staff, the Program for Security of FOMC Information, the FOMC Policy on External Communications of Committee Participants, and the FOMC Policy on External Communications of Federal Reserve System Staff. The Committee voted unanimously to approve those four policies.5 Ahead of the vote on the Statement on Longer-Run Goals and Monetary Policy Strategy, the Chair indicated the next five-year review of the statement would begin in the latter half of this year, and the results would be announced about a year later. All participants indicated support for the Statement on Longer-Run Goal post: ? FOMC Minutes: Officials Wanted To See More Progress Toward 2% Inflation Before Cutting Rates ? FOMC Minutes: Officials Remain 'Highly Attentive' To Inflation Risks ? FOMC Minutes: Powell Plans To Start Next 5-Year Review of Statement in Latter Half of 2024 post: ? FOMC Minutes: A Couple of Officials Noted Downside Risks of Rates Staying Too High post: FED MINUTES: MOST OFFICIALS NOTED RISKS OF CUTTING TOO QUICKLY FED MINUTES: FED OFFICIALS JUDGED POLICY RATE LIKELY AT ITS PEAK FOR THIS CYCLE post: Fed Minutes: Staff Placed ‘Some Weight’ on Chance That Further Progress on Lowering Inflation Could Take Longer Than Expected Fed Minutes: Fed Staff Characterized US Financial System Vulnerabilities as ‘Notable’
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Bank of England policymaker Swati Dhingra warned that delaying interest-rate cuts comes at a cost for living standards and could trigger a hard landing for the UK economy. ...
Key facts: This release refers to trade in goods only. In January 2024, compared with January 2023: • goods exports fell by $375 million (7.1 percent), to $4.9 billion • goods ...
Friday is a bank holiday in Japan to celebrate the Emperor’s birthday, and the Japanese economy could certainly use a reason to celebrate. Last week, we learned that the Japanese ...
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- Posted: Feb 21, 2024 3:45pm
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