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In extreme situations, the Federal Reserve may resort to a policy named Quantitative Easing (QE). QE is the process by which the Fed substantially increases the flow of credit in a stuck financial system. It is a non-standard policy measure used during crises or when inflation is extremely low.
The Federal Reserve (Fed) holds eight policy meetings a year, where the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) assesses economic conditions and makes monetary policy decisions.
Monetary policy in the US is shaped by the Federal Reserve (Fed). The Fed has two mandates: to achieve price stability and foster full employment. Its primary tool to achieve these goals is by adjusting interest rates. When prices are rising too quickly and inflation is above the Fed’s 2% target, it raises interest rates, increasing borrowing costs throughout the economy.
During the Monetary Policy Meeting, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan unanimously decided to set the guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period. The Bank aims to maintain the uncollateralized overnight call rate at around 0.25 percent.
Since the beginning of 2024, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, China has deepened reform and opening-up, strengthened macro regulation and control, and managed to combat risks and challenges. Economic performance overall was stable with steady progress, sustaining an upward trend. In first half year of 2024 (H1), the GDP grew 5 percent year on year and the CPI rose 0.1 percent year on year.
The Federal Reserve cut U.S. short-term borrowing costs on Wednesday by a bigger-than-usual half percentage point, a watershed moment that should start to ease some of the financial pressures everyday consumers have felt over the two and a half years that the central bank has battled with high inflation.
[HKD rate-cut] The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today (19 September) that the Base Rate has been set at 5.25% with immediate effect according to a pre-set formula.
The US central bank lowered interest rates for the first time in four years on Wednesday. The much anticipated move will influence mortgages, credit card and saving rates for millions of people in the US – and even around the world. The Federal Reserve reduced the key lending rate by…
The dollar initially trading lower following the Fed announcement, but pared those losses after Chair Jerome Powell finished his press conference.
The Committee decided to lower the target range for the federal funds rate by 1/2 percentage point to 4-3/4 to 5 percent.
At one point, the yen-dollar exchange rate touched the 139 yen per dollar range. The opportunity is the U.S. Federal Reserve Board (FRB) to start a substantial interest rate cut is expected to re-emerge, but the yen strengthened the background of the U.S. economic outlook is worrying and Japan and the U.S. interest rate differentials narrowed. However, Japanese households to buy overseas assets, such as “structural yen selling” still exists, the yen appreciation is difficult to develop in one direction.
The Fed’s key lending rate – what it charges banks to borrow – sets a base for what companies charge people in the US for loans, like mortgages, or other debt, like unpaid credit card balances.
That rate has hovered around 5.3% for more than a year, the highest level since 2001, since jumping from near zero at the start of 2022.
Back: The main pattern on the back of the Northeast Tiger and Leopard coin is the Northeast tiger, Northeast leopard, red pine, etc., supplemented by Laoye Ridge, Hunchun River, sika deer, etc., and the words “Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park” and the face value “10 yuan” are printed.
On January 15, with RMB779 billion worth of medium-term lending facility (MLF) expired, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) conducted MLF operations in the amount of RMB995 billion, with an interest rate of 2.5 percent, unchanged from the previous operations.
On January 22, with the authorization of the PBOC, the National Interbank Funding Center (NIFC) announced the Loan Prime Rate (LPR) as follows: the one-year and the over-five-year LPR would be 3.45 percent and 4.20 percent, respectively, unchanged from the previous announcement.
The Saudi riyal (SAR) has been the official currency of Saudi Arabia since the country was first established. The Saudi riyal is currently pegged to the US dollar at the rate of 1 US dollar = 3.75 SR.
The United Arab Emirates dirham (AED) is the currency of the United Arab Emirates. One dirham is divided into 100 fils. The United Arab Emirates dirham is pegged to the US dollar at the exchange rate of 1 USD = 3.6725 AED.
The Mexican peso (MXN) is the official currency of Mexico. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. The currency was initially based on Spain’s official currency, called ‘real’, which was the Spanish dollar. The Mexican peso’s name originated from the silver 8-real coins issued by Spain in Mexico.
The Thai baht (THB) is the official currency of the Kingdom of Thailand. The symbol of the currency is ฿. It is divided into 100 satang. The Bank of Thailand issues the currency.
The Brazilian real (BRL) is the official currency of Brazil. It is divided into 100 centavos. The symbol of the Brazilian real is R$.
The Malaysian ringgit (MYR), unofficially called the Malaysian dollar, is the official currency of Malaysia. The Malaysian ringgit is divided into 100 sen.
