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Poland looks to extend longest fiscal policy pause

Bloomberg Poland’s lack of urgency to raise interest rates is becoming less out of step with global central banks as plans to tighten monetary policy get sidetracked around the world. Maintaining the rate differential with major economies won’t be a challenge any time soon for Governor Adam Glapinski as he looks to extend Poland’s longest-ever policy pause at least through ...

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Riksbank’s Skingsley says rate path open for October increase

Bloomberg A Swedish interest rate increase as early as October is in line with the policy path laid out by the central bank, Riksbank Deputy Governor Cecilia Skingsley said. Policy makers last month again pushed back a plan to raise rates for the first time in seven years, saying they didn’t see a tightening until towards the end of the ...

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Thailand doesn’t feel pressure to join global tightening

Bloomberg Thailand’s central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged near a record low, and said it doesn’t feel pressure to join a global wave of tightening that’s swept along some peers in Southeast Asia. Monetary policy committee members voted unanimously to hold the one-day bond repurchase rate at 1.5 percent, where it’s been since 2015, according to a Bank ...

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