After a decade of interest rates at record lows, those central banks that are inclined to tighten policy naturally attract attention. The Bank of England’s monetary-policy committee raised its benchmark interest rate from 0.25% to 0.5% on November 2nd, the first increase since 2007. On the same day, the Czech National Bank raised interest rates for the second time this year. The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged this week, having raised them in March and June, but a further increase is expected in December.
在利率達(dá)到最低點的十年之后,那些有抓緊政策傾向的中央銀行自然會更受歡迎. 11月2號, 英國央行的貨幣政策委員會將基準(zhǔn)利率從0.25%提高到0.5%. 這是自2007年以來的第一次調(diào)息.捷克央行在同一天進行了今年的第二次調(diào)息. 美聯(lián)儲利率在三月和六月有提高,預(yù)計下一次提高會在12月.
