BOE MPC voted 9-0 to keep rates unchanged

Bank of England (BOE) kept rates unchanged at 0.5% and the size of the Asset Purchase Programme at £375 billion as expected.

The minutes released along with statement showed policymakers voted unanimously to keep rates unchanged.

Mar 17, 2016

Morning-after less hawkish FOMC - SocGen

Kit Juckes, Research Analyst at Societe Generale, suggests that the FOMC left rates on hold as expected but the text of the statement was less hawkish than expected.

US industrial production fell sharper than expected - Rabobank

Bas van Geffen, Quantitative Analyst at Rabobank, notes that the US industrial production fell sharper than expected in February, posting a -0.5% decline m-o-m versus a -0.3 consensus.