{"id":27935,"date":"2012-03-04T03:03:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-04T08:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/fx\/2012\/03\/04\/february-2012-headlines-at-central-bank-news\/"},"modified":"2012-03-04T03:03:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T08:03:00","slug":"february-2012-headlines-at-central-bank-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2012\/03\/04\/february-2012-headlines-at-central-bank-news\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2012 Headlines at Central Bank News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\ntweetmeme_style = 'compact';\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/tweetmeme.com\/i\/scripts\/button.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Following is a list of all the headlines on Central Bank News during the month of February. The most notable developments during the month included the ECB&#8217;s second LTRO, China&#8217;s RRR cut, further quantitative easing from the Bank of Japan and Bank of England, and a number of releases from Central Bank News on the new monetary policy rate indexes.<br \/><a name='more'><\/a><\/p>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/ecb-allots-eur-5295-billion-in-second.html\"><span>ECB Allots EUR 529.5 billion in secondround of LTRO<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/hungary-central-bank-keeps-interest.html\"><span>Hungary Central Bank Keeps Interest Rateat 7.00%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/banco-nacional-de-angola-holds-interest.html\"><span>Banco Nacional de Angola Holds InterestRate at 10.25%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/bank-of-israel-holds-interest-rate-at.html\"><span>Bank of Israel Holds Interest Rate at2.50%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/national-bank-of-tajikistan-drops-rate.html\"><span>National Bank of Tajikistan Drops Rate80bps to 9.00%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/forecasting-financial-markets-with.html\"><span>Forecasting Financial Markets With theGMPRI<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/monetary-policy-week-in-review-25.html\"><span>Monetary Policy Week in Review &#8211; 25February 2012<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/national-bank-of-belarus-drops-rate.html\"><span>National Bank of Belarus Drops Rate 500bpsto 38.00%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/central-bank-of-colombia-hikes-rate.html\"><span>Central Bank of Colombia Hikes Rate 25bpsto 5.25%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/namibian-central-bank-keeps-rate-at-600.html\"><span>Namibian Central Bank Keeps Rate at 6.00%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/central-bank-of-turkey-keeps-benchmark.html\"><span>Central Bank of Turkey Keeps BenchmarkRate at 5.75%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/emerging-markets-monetary-policy-rate.html\"><span>Emerging Markets Monetary Policy RateIndicator<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/peoples-bank-of-china-cuts-rrr-50-basis.html\"><span>People&#8217;s Bank of China Cuts RRR 50 basispoints<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/monetary-policy-week-in-review-18.html\"><span>Monetary Policy Week in Review &#8211; 18February 2012<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/national-bank-of-georgia-holds.html\"><span>National Bank of Georgia Holds RefinancingRate at 6.50%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/central-bank-of-chile-holds-rate-at-500.html\"><span>Central Bank of Chile Holds Rate at 5.00%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/bank-of-ghana-hikes-rate-100bps-to-1350.html\"><span>Bank of Ghana Hikes Rate 100bps to 13.50%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/swedish-riksbank-cuts-repo-rate-25bps.html\"><span>Swedish Riksbank Cuts Repo Rate 25bps to1.50%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><u><span>Global MonetaryPolicy Rate Index &#8211; Developed Markets<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/rbi-makes-technical-adjustment-to-bank.html\"><span>RBI Makes Technical Adjustment to BankRate 350bps to 9.50%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/national-bank-of-kazakhstan-cut-rate.html\"><span>National Bank of Kazakhstan Cut Rate 50bpsto 7.00%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/bank-of-japan-increases-app-10-trillion.html\"><span>Bank of Japan Increases APP 10 TrillionYen to 65 Trillion<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/pakistan-central-bank-holds-interest.html\"><span>Pakistan Central Bank Holds Interest Rateat 12.00%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/bulgarian-national-bank-sets-base-rate.html\"><span>Bulgarian National Bank Sets Base Rate at0.18%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/monetary-policy-week-in-review-11.html\"><span>Monetary Policy Week in Review &#8211; 11February 2012<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/central-reserve-bank-of-peru-holds-rate.html\"><span>Central Reserve Bank of Peru Holds Rate at4.25%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/national-bank-of-poland-keeps-benchmark.html\"><span>National Bank of Poland Keeps BenchmarkRate at 4.50%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/iceland-central-bank-holds-lending-rate.html\"><span>Iceland Central Bank Holds Lending Rate at4.75%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/national-bank-of-serbia-pauses-interest.html\"><span>National Bank of Serbia Pauses InterestRate at 9.50%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/bank-of-korea-maintains-interest-rate.html\"><span>Bank of Korea Maintains Interest Rate at3.25%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/european-central-bank-holds-steady-at.html\"><span>European Central Bank Holds Steady at1.00%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/bank-of-england-expands-app-by-50b-to.html\"><span>Bank of England Expands APP by 50B to 325B<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/bank-indonesia-drops-rate-25bps-to-575.html\"><span>Bank Indonesia Drops Rate 25bps to 5.75%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/national-bank-of-belarus-cuts-rate.html\"><span>National Bank of Belarus Cuts Rate 200bpsto 43.00%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/central-bank-of-jordan-raises-rate.html\"><span>Central Bank of Jordan Raises Rate 50bpsto 5.00%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/rba-keeps-cash-rate-on-hold-at-425.html\"><span>RBA Keeps Cash Rate on Hold at 4.25%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/introducing-global-monetary-policy-rate.html\"><span>Introducing the Global Monetary PolicyRate Index<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/central-bank-of-dominican-republic.html\"><span>Central Bank of the Dominican RepublicHolds at 6.75%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/monetary-policy-week-in-review-5.html\"><span>Monetary Policy Week in Review &#8211; 5February 2012<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/central-bank-of-nigeria-holds-policy.html\"><span>Central Bank of Nigeria Holds Policy Rateat 12.00%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/central-bank-of-egypt-holds-rate-at-925.html\"><span>Central Bank of Egypt Holds Rate at 9.25%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/czech-national-bank-holds-interest-rate.html\"><span>Czech National Bank Holds Interest Rate at0.75%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/central-bank-of-kenya-holds-interest.html\"><span>Central Bank of Kenya Holds Interest Rateat 18.00%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/malaysia-central-bank-holds-overnight.html\"><span>Malaysia Central Bank Holds Policy Rate at3.00%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/central-bank-of-russia-holds-rate-at.html\"><span>Central Bank of Russia Holds Rate at 8.00%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/central-bank-of-sri-lanka-hikes-rate.html\"><span>Central Bank of Sri Lanka Hikes Rate 50bpsto 7.50%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/bank-of-uganda-cuts-interest-rate.html\"><span>Bank of Uganda Cuts Interest Rate 100bpsto 22.00%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/2012\/02\/central-bank-of-gambia-cut-rate-100bps.html\"><span>Central Bank of The Gambia Cut Rate 100bpsto 13.00%<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><o:p><br \/>&nbsp;<\/o:p><b>Source:<\/b><span> <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/\">www.CentralBankNews.info<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/8290544642025682538-8744863938245270313?l=www.centralbanknews.info\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following is a list of all the headlines on Central Bank News during the month of February. The most notable developments during the month included the ECB&#8217;s second LTRO, China&#8217;s RRR cut, further quantitative easing from the Bank of Japan and Bank of England, and a number of releases from Central Bank News on the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2012\/03\/04\/february-2012-headlines-at-central-bank-news\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;February 2012 Headlines at Central Bank News&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27935\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}