SOUTH Korea’s central bank said on Tuesday (Dec 20) the country’s consumer inflation would remain around 5 per cent for some time and then gradually ease but cautioned that domestic and global factors are raising uncertainty about how fast prices will slow.
COOLING inflation and a more resilient rupiah currrency is expected to give Bank Indonesia enough comfort to opt for a more modest quarter-point interest rate hike on Thursday (Dec 22), a Reuters poll found.
AUSTRALIA’S central bank considered pausing its policy tightening cycle this month but decided against it as incoming economic data didn’t yet warrant a change of stance, according to minutes of the Dec 6 meeting.
CHINESE banks maintained their benchmark lending rates for a fourth month after the central bank kept its monetary policy settings unchanged last week.
CHINESE banks maintained their benchmark lending rates for a fourth month after the central bank kept its monetary policy settings unchanged last week.














