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Australia's central bank on Tuesday left its cash rate steady as expected at 3.60%, saying it was cautious about easing further given higher core inflation, firmer consumer demand and a revival in the housing... 

Last week’s barrage of major central bank announcements will be followed by several more key policy decisions in the days ahead, though the spotlight is likely to shift to economic data.
  
Following last week's FOMC monetary policy meeting, we'll hear from a range of Fed speakers from across the hawk/dove spectrum. 
  
With the ongoing US... 

Consumer price growth in the euro area ticked lower to move closer to the target of the European Central Bank, giving monetary policymakers there another reason to hold rates at their next decision-making meeting in December.

In a preliminary report, the EU statistics office Eurostat said annual Eurozone inflation in October slipped to 2.1% – the market estimate – from last month’s of 2.2%. Both were slightly above the ECB’s... 

FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank held interest rates for a third consecutive time Thursday, reiterating that it is happy with the status quo.

As Frederik Ducrozet from Pictet Asset Management noted on X, “The characterisation of the shifts in the balance of risks (less negative on growth; broadly unchanged on inflation) suggests that the bar for cuts remains high.” In other words, there’s plenty of more of the same in the pipeline when it comes to... 

For the second time in a row, economic activity in the euro area improved more than expected, with last quarter’s rise thanks in part to impressive showings from France and Portugal.

The EU statistics office Eurostat said seasonally adjusted Eurozone GDP expanded at a quarterly rate of 0.2% q/q in Q3. This outpaced the market expectation for a 0.1% rise, which was also the growth rate in Q2. The latest result fell far short of Q1’s 0.6%, when...