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    November 12, 2019

    Banxico will continue their rate cut cycle with a larger 50bp rate cut on Thursday

    A 50bp rate cut would mark the beginning of a long overdue easing cycle.

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    November 11, 2019

    The Fed stops for now

    Several days ago, and for the third time this year, the Fed reduced the federal funds rate target range by 25 basis points to a range of between 1.5% and 1.75%. It is very unlikely that it will lower rates again in December.
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    November 11, 2019

    Draghi, the president who broke molds at the ECB

    The President of the European Central Bank (ECB) will be remembered for a number of things, and one of them is never having raised interest rates during his term, and in fact having lowered them to today's negative levels.

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    November 5, 2019

    Central Bank Digital Currencies and Distributed Ledger Technology

    The debate on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) was triggered by the emergence of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin on the one hand, which may compete with traditional central bank money, and the trend towards the disappearance of cash in some countries on the other hand.

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    November 4, 2019

    LatAm: Growth Is Low And Tensions Are High

    The outlook in Latin America in recent weeks has been marked by general elections in Argentina, Bolivia and Uruguay. This is in addition to extensive protests in Ecuador and Chile.

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    November 4, 2019

    ECB: New President, New Policy?

    After eight years in office at the European Central Bank (ECB), it is time for Mario Draghi to pass the baton in eurozone monetary policy. Christine Lagarde will become the first woman to head the ECB.

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    November 1, 2019

    China | LPR: China’s Market-based “Policy” Rate

    China’s central bank announced the elimination of its previous benchmark lending rate as monetary policy rate. Moreover, they made a market-driven Loan Prime Rate (LPR) as the reference rate for banks to price their financial products. It signals the transformation of “dual-track” system to the new “single-track” system.

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    October 30, 2019

    FOMC Meeting: October 29th-30th

    For the third time this year, the Fed lowered the target range of federal funds rate 25bp to 1.5-1.75% without significant changes to their outlook on the labor market or inflation.
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