Essential Links & Market Information
Central Bank Links
- Bank of Japan - http://www.boj.or.jp/en/ -
Bank of Japan voted July 14, 2006 to end its zero interest rate policy and target an uncollateralized overnight call rate of around 0.25%. The BoJ raised that target to 0.50% on Feb. 21, 2007. BoJ decided Dec. 19, 2008 to increase outright purchases of JGBs and took steps to boost corporate financing.
- Bank of England - http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/ - The Bank sets interest rates to keep inflation low, issues banknotes and works to maintain a stable financial system.
- Federal Open Market Committee - http://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/default.htm -
The Federal Reserve usually changes rates during formally scheduled meetings but does set intermeeting leanings and can change rates in unscheduled telephone conference calls.
- European Central Bank - http://www.ecb.int/home/html/index.en.html - ECB announced Nov. 8, 2001 that, as a rule, only its first meeting each month would deal with monetary policy issues. However, it left open the option to change policy at any time. Recent ECB comments
- PBOC (The People's Bank of China) - http://www.pbc.gov.cn/english/renhangjianjie/ - Under the guidance of the State Council, the PBC formulates and implements monetary policy, prevents and resolves financial risks, and safeguards financial stability.
- Reserve Bank of Australia - http://www.rba.gov.au/AboutTheRBA/ - The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) main responsibility is monetary policy. Policy decisions are made by the Reserve Bank Board, with the objective of achieving low and stable inflation over the medium term. Other major roles are maintaining financial system stability and promoting the safety and efficiency of the payments system.
Economic Institutes & Research links
- BLS (U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics) - http://www.bls.gov/
- Ifo Business Climate survey - http://www.cesifo-group.de/portal/page/portal/ifoHome/a-winfo/d1index/10indexgsk
- ONS (U.K. National statistics office) - http://www.statistics.gov.uk/instantfigures.asp
- DIHK - http://www.dihk.de/english/
- RICS (Royal institution of Chartered surveyors) - http://www.rics.org/
- ZEW (Centre for European Economic Research) - http://www.zew.de/en/
- ILO - http://www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.htm
- FHLB - http://www.fhlbanks.com/
- ISM - http://www .ism.ws/
- University of Michigan confidence - http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/index.php
- ADB (Asia Development Bank) - http://www .adb.org/default.asp
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