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Mario Draghi, Head of the European Central Bank, spoke at a press conference today after the bank’s meeting. Draghi noted that the ECB intends to continue the implementation of measures within the framework of the existing quantitative easing programme. Answering questions from the mass media, the head of the European Central Bank said, in particular, […]

The head of the Japanese Central Bank, Haruhiko Kuroda, addressed the parliament. In his speech, he outlined the position of the bank’s management on the main issues of monetary policy. In particular, Kuroda said that in the near future the Bank of Japan does not plan to change its rather soft monetary policy. This will […]

On Sunday the French chose among the candidates for the presidency. As a result, two candidates, Emmanuelle Macron and Marin Le Pen, entered the second round. They won 24% and 22% of the votes, respectively. European Union representatives congratulated Macron on his victory. However, many voters are not satisfied with the results of the first […]

The Fed made the expected market decision to raise the rate to 1-1.25 percent. Almost all members of the Open Market Operations Committee believe that there will be another rate increase by the end of 2017. The meeting also reviewed the forecast for the growth rate of the U.S. economy. The Fed now expects the […]

As a result of the meeting of the Bank of Japan it was decided to keep the key rate at the same level – minus 0.1 percent. It meets the expectations of most analysts. Bank said it intends to continue the implementation of the incentive program. Annual asset purchase volume remained unchanged – 80 trillion […]