Central Bank Interest Rate News
Latest Central Bank News and Interest Rate Changes
Kenya – Increased benchmark interest rates +25 points (May, 2011)
Thailand – Central bank raised rates +25 points (May, 2011)
Colombia – Central bank raised rates +25 points (May, 2011)
Russia – Central bank raised rates +25 points (May, 2011)
Chile – Central bank raised rates +50 points (May, 2011)
Malaysia - The central bank raised rates 25 points (May, 2011)
Philippines - The central bank raised interest rates 25 points (May, 2011)
India – The Reserve Bank of India raised their benchmark rate 50 points to 7.25% (May, 2011)
China – The Peoples Bank of China raises the reserve ratio to 20.5% (April, 2011)
Chile - The Chile Central Bank raised interest rates 25 points (April, 2011)
Denmark – The central bank in Denmark raised interest rates 25 points (April, 2011)
Peru – The central bank in Peru raised interest rates 25 points (April, 2011)
European Central Bank - Raises benchmark rate 25 points, first increase in 18 months (April, 2011)
China – Peoples Bank of China increases lending rate 25 points to 6.31% (April, 2011)
Bank of Japan – Increases purchase of bonds to support economy following earthquake and tsunami tragedy (3/16/11)
Peru – Increased benchmark lending rate 25 points to 3.75% (3/12/11)
Serbia – National Bank of Serbia raised rates 25 points to 12.25% (3/10/11)
South Korea – Bank of Korea raised rates 25 points to 3.00% (3/5/11)
China – The Peoples Bank of China raised the one-year yuan lending rate to 6.06% (2/8/11)
Russia – The Bank of Rossi held the benchmark lending rate at 7.75% (1/31/11)
United States – The Federal Reserve Bank held the federal funds rate target at 0%-0.25% (1/26/11)
China – The Peoples Bank of China raised their reserve requirement ratio (1/18/11)
Canada – The Bank of Canada holds rates at 1.00% (1/18/11)
Serbia – The National Bank of Serbia raises their benchmark lending rate to 12% (1/12/10)
European Central Ban – The ECB holds rates at 1.00% (1/12/11)
Australia – The Reserve Bank of Australia leaves rates unchanged (12/6/10)
Hungary – The Central Bank in Hungary raised rates 25 points to 5.50% (11/30/10)
China – The Peoples Bank of China raised the reserve ratio 50 basis points effective 11/29/10 (11/22/10)
Chile – The central bank in Chile increases their key interest rate to 3.00% (11/16/10)
Korea - The central bank in Korea has increased their benchmark by 25 basis points from 2.25% to 2.50% (11/16/10)
India – The Reserve Bank of India increased the repurchase rate to 6.25% (10/31/10)
Australia – The Reserve Bank of Australia increased the cash rate to 4.75% (10/31/10)
Major Central Bank Rates
| Australia | 4.75% |
| Argentina | 9.00% |
| Brazil | 10.75% |
| Canada | 1.00% |
| Chile | 2.75% |
| China | 5.56% |
| Czech Republic | 0.75% |
| Denmark | 1.05% |
| Eurozone | 1.25% |
| Hungary | 5.25% |
| Iceland | 6.25% |
| Israel | 2.00% |
| India | 6.25% |
| Indonesia | 6.50% |
| Japan | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 4.50% |
| New Zealand | 3.00% |
| Norway | 2.00% |
| Poland | 3.50% |
| Russia | 7.75% |
| Slovakia | 2.50% |
| Saudia Arabia | 2.00% |
| South Korea | 2.25% |
| Switzerland | 1.00% |
| Turkey | 7.00% |
| United Kingdom | 0.50% |
| United States | 0.25% |
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