February 2012 Headlines at Central Bank News

Following is a list of all the headlines on Central Bank News during the month of February. The most notable developments during the month included the ECB's second LTRO, China's RRR cut, further quantitative easing from the Bank of Japan and Bank of England, and a number of releases from Central Bank News on the new monetary policy rate indexes.

ECB Allots EUR 529.5 billion in second round of LTRO

Hungary Central Bank Keeps Interest Rate at 7.00%

Banco Nacional de Angola Holds Interest Rate at 10.25%

Bank of Israel Holds Interest Rate at 2.50%

National Bank of Tajikistan Drops Rate 80bps to 9.00%

Forecasting Financial Markets With the GMPRI

Monetary Policy Week in Review - 25 February 2012

National Bank of Belarus Drops Rate 500bps to 38.00%

Central Bank of Colombia Hikes Rate 25bps to 5.25%

Namibian Central Bank Keeps Rate at 6.00%

Central Bank of Turkey Keeps Benchmark Rate at 5.75%

Emerging Markets Monetary Policy Rate Indicator

People's Bank of China Cuts RRR 50 basis points

Monetary Policy Week in Review - 18 February 2012

National Bank of Georgia Holds Refinancing Rate at 6.50%

Central Bank of Chile Holds Rate at 5.00%

Bank of Ghana Hikes Rate 100bps to 13.50%

Swedish Riksbank Cuts Repo Rate 25bps to 1.50%

Global Monetary Policy Rate Index - Developed Markets

RBI Makes Technical Adjustment to Bank Rate 350bps to 9.50%

National Bank of Kazakhstan Cut Rate 50bps to 7.00%

Bank of Japan Increases APP 10 Trillion Yen to 65 Trillion

Pakistan Central Bank Holds Interest Rate at 12.00%

Bulgarian National Bank Sets Base Rate at 0.18%

Monetary Policy Week in Review - 11 February 2012

Central Reserve Bank of Peru Holds Rate at 4.25%

National Bank of Poland Keeps Benchmark Rate at 4.50%

Iceland Central Bank Holds Lending Rate at 4.75%

National Bank of Serbia Pauses Interest Rate at 9.50%

Bank of Korea Maintains Interest Rate at 3.25%

European Central Bank Holds Steady at 1.00%

Bank of England Expands APP by 50B to 325B

Bank Indonesia Drops Rate 25bps to 5.75%

National Bank of Belarus Cuts Rate 200bps to 43.00%

Central Bank of Jordan Raises Rate 50bps to 5.00%

RBA Keeps Cash Rate on Hold at 4.25%

Introducing the Global Monetary Policy Rate Index

Central Bank of the Dominican Republic Holds at 6.75%

Monetary Policy Week in Review - 5 February 2012

Central Bank of Nigeria Holds Policy Rate at 12.00%

Central Bank of Egypt Holds Rate at 9.25%

Czech National Bank Holds Interest Rate at 0.75%

Central Bank of Kenya Holds Interest Rate at 18.00%

Malaysia Central Bank Holds Policy Rate at 3.00%

Central Bank of Russia Holds Rate at 8.00%

Central Bank of Sri Lanka Hikes Rate 50bps to 7.50%

Bank of Uganda Cuts Interest Rate 100bps to 22.00%

Central Bank of The Gambia Cut Rate 100bps to 13.00%

 Source: www.CentralBankNews.info