Bank of England's monetary policy committee hiked key interest rates by 25 basis points (100 basis points is equal to one percentage point) to 4.5 per cent, the highest in over a decade or so.
In light of the ongoing high inflation pressures, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to raise the key interest rates by 25 basis points (100 basis points makes 1 percentage points).
The US monetary policy committee, seeking to achieve inflation at the rate of 2 per cent over the longer run, hiked the key interest rate by another 25 basis points to 5.0-5.25 per cent at its latest two-day review meet held during May 2-3.
On Sunday, he posted on Twitter: "In a recent discussion on US$ I inadvertently used words "financial terrorist" which I would like to correct. What I meant was that a reserve currency has disproportionate power, whether it is nostro account, 500 bps rate increase, or emerging countries hold
The Reserve Bank of India, in its first monetary policy review meeting in 2023-24, decided to keep the key benchmark interest rate - the repo rate - unchanged at 6.5 per cent, to assess the effects of the policy rate tightening done so far.
Governor Shaktikanta Das will announce the outcome of the meetings at 10 in the morning, followed by a press conference at noon which would be telecast.
The monetary policy committee of the Reserve Bank of India, when it announces the outcome of the ongoing policy meeting on Thursday morning, is likely to hike the repo rate by 25 basis points (100 basis points is equivalent to 1 percentage point), according to advisory firm Emkay Global Fina
At a news conference on Thursday, ECB President Christine Lagarde signalled the bank would be cautious about further rate increases, while stressing it stood ready to provide fresh liquidity to banks.
The rating agency opines that the transmission of monetary policy in the banking system could intensify in FY24 driven by the sharp rise in bank's marginal cost of funding.
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