Sentences with phrase «policy interest rate unchanged»

Against this backdrop, Governing Council decided to leave our key policy interest rate unchanged, as we judged that the balance of risks at present are still within the zone for which the current policy setting remains appropriate.

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NEW YORK, May 2 - U.S. stocks edged higher on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve released its policy announcement, leaving interest rates unchanged.

NEW YORK, May 2 - U.S. stocks briefly rose but returned to negative territory on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged in its policy announcement.

NEW YORK, May 2 (Reuters)- U.S. stocks briefly rose but returned to negative territory on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged in its policy announcement.

The benchmark 10 - year Treasury note fell from a more than four - year high to below 3 percent after the European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged and reaffirmed its stimulative monetary policy stance.

The Governing Council left the benchmark interest rate unchanged at its ultra-low setting of 0.5 %, but policy makers were less than enthusiastic about the Canada's prospects.

The Bank of Canada wasn't so disenchanted that it felt a policy change was needed: policy makers left the benchmark interest rate unchanged at the ultra-low setting of 0.5 %.

NEW YORK, May 2 (Reuters)- U.S. stocks edged higher on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve released its policy announcement, leaving interest rates unchanged.

The Bank of Korea left its key interest rate unchanged on Tuesday, as expected, taking note of muted inflationary pressure and showing caution ahead of any further monetary tightening from the U.S Federal Reserve's policy meeting on March 20 - 21.

A week after the U.S. Federal Reserve opted to leave the country's interest rates unchanged for the time being, Fed chair Janet Yellen is set to testify before Congress on U.S. monetary policy.

The Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates unchanged in today's monetary policy announcement, but firmer inflation in recent months lays the foundation for hikes in the months ahead.

Indeed, even as the Federal Reserve (Fed) began the process of rate normalization late last year, it left interest rates unchanged at its policy meeting this month.

The Fed kept interest rates unchanged following its policy meeting on Wednesday, a move that was widely expected, and noted that inflation was starting to inch higher, leaving it on track to raise borrowing costs in June.

Norges Bank confirms it's ready to hike ratesNorway's central bank left its key policy rate unchanged Thursday, but confirmed its intention to start raising interest rates later in the year, despite surprisingly muted inflation in the Nordic country.

Has the current, prolonged period of unchanged FED policy rate of 0 % conditioned investors to think this level of interest rates is the new normal?

With low money and credit growth persisting, inflation below target and growth slower than in previous years I now expect the BoE's Monetary Policy Committee to keep interest rates unchanged during this year.

The economic report comes a day after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged, as expected, at the conclusion of its policy - setting meeting.

The FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) will be holding its sixth policy meeting of 2017 from September 19 - 20, after the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System voted unanimously to leave its key interest rate unchanged in July.

Against this background, the Board took the view at its June meeting that the economy had entered a period where the monetary policy decision would be whether to hold interest rates unchanged or to reduce them.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- The U.S. Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday and in a direct reference to its next policy meeting put a December rate hike firmly in play.

At its July meeting, the BoE left interest rates unchanged, with its monetary - policy committee appearing to place less priority on inflationary pressures resulting from the British pound's depreciation, maintaining its view that UK inflation would peak at around 3 % later this year.

The bank left unchanged its key interest rates as well as the size of its bond - buying stimulus program after its latest policy meeting.

(REUTERS)-- The U.S. Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged today in a nod to concerns about a weak world economy, but left open the possibility of a modest policy tightening later this year.

While the rate was left unchanged last month — and it's too early to see how President Donald Trump's fiscal policies will affect the nation's economic outlook — Harker cautioned that he didn't want to «get behind the curve» when it comes to setting interest rates.

During the monetary policy meeting held last week, the Bank of England decided to leave the interest rates unchanged at 0.25 %, and maintain the prevailing level of asset purchases.

The Bank of Canada and the U.S. Federal Reserve left their respective key interest rates unchanged following their most recent monetary policy announcements.

The Federal Reserve kept the key interest rate unchanged this week as it looks to future fiscal policy under the new administration — a decision in line with its intent to raise rates only gradually in 2017.