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1 – 10 of 11The unexpected decision adds significant momentum to Central Europe’s monetary easing campaign, which began in May when Hungary’s National Bank (MNB) reduced its benchmark rate…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282310
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Lower wholesale natural gas prices have improved balance-of-payments and fiscal positions and driven down inflation rates in Central Europe (CE). Financial markets are pricing in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276156
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Increased uncertainty in financial markets, following the US Federal Reserve's decision in September to delay tightening monetary policy because of concerns about China's economy…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB205682
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CEE markets' resilience to China-induced sell-off.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB203039
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While the Swiss franc has since retracted most of its unprecedented gains, Central European (CE) currencies -- peculiarly exposed to fallout from the SNB's decision by the high…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB197099
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Markets have taken badly the Fed's more hawkish policy guidance for 2017, not expecting such a shift in monetary policy so soon. The shift in US monetary policy comes just as the…
Despite PiS's costly spending pledges, its nationalist and populist views and its strong support for a controversial, Hungarian-style debt-relief scheme for holders of foreign…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB206107
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Amid an ongoing constitutional crisis, the Law and Justice (PiS) government, which was sworn into office on November 16, has been busy revising fiscal targets and agreeing draft…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB207502
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Having fallen against the resurgent dollar this year, the zloty has lately been strengthening, since the US Federal Reserve surprised financial markets by striking a more dovish…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB198509
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The muted impact on Central Europe’s financial markets of this month’s sharp declines in asset prices in Russia and Turkey.