The reappointment of Ahmed Ouyahia as prime minister of Algeria, and the launch of a new economic plan, signals that that the government will strive harder to cut spending in a bid to narrow its...
Monetary policy will continue to be highly accommodative through 2017 and into 2018, despite rising core inflationary pressures. As such, there is a significant risk that the Hungarian National...
The Central Bank of Iraq will continue to focus on protecting the peg of the dinar to the US dollar over the coming quarters, which will be facilitated by easing pressures on the peg owing to...
On September 15, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) resumed its monetary easing cycle which began in late 2015. From a level of 9.00%, and in line with consensus expectations, the bank cut its key...
The Czech National Bank (CNB) will continue its tightening cycle in 2018, after it scrapped its exchange rate floor in April and raised rates in August. The Czech labour market is extremely tight...
Peru's Central Reserve Bank will continue its interest rate cutting cycle in the coming months, as economic growth remains weak and inflation stays within the bank's target range. A growth recovery...
Inflation will remain close to the bottom floor of Botswana's inflation target over the coming months, as low fuel and food prices temper the country's consumer basket. This will see the central...
Although we believe that inflation will continue to decline over coming months, we think that the Bank of Uganda has reached the end of its easing cycle given low real yields and little pass throug...
BMI View: The Hungarian National Bank (MNB) will keep its base rate on hold at 0.90% in 2017, while using unconventional tools to ease monetary conditions further and stimulate economic growth. How...
On May 11, the BCRP unexpectedly cut its benchmark rate by 25 basis points from 4.25% to 4.00%