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Brazil’s Central Bank Modification of Reserve Requirements

The Central Bank of Brazil plans to revise its reserve mandatory policies aiming to raise the volume of money flow in the economy. In due course, this could lessen the cost of credit for consumers and generate excess resources in the bank and improve the regulation of the monetary policy.

Last month, the Mexican Central bank Governor Ilan Goldfajn publicized their goal to cut its medium-term to long-term credit costs for both companies and consumers to boost the economy facing recession. The banks intends to integrate the demand policies for savings and time deposits involving the differences between borrowing rates of banks in loans and funds.

Bank of Japan Done Adding Stimuli Under Kuroda—Economists

Economists are stating that Bank of Japan is already done with adding economic stimulus to the Japanese economy under the term of BoJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda. In addition, economists are also stating that there is a small chance of any adjustments made during the central bank’s policy meeting which is set to end this coming January 31. This is partly due to economic situations overseas becoming more complicated by the minute, especially with the newly-minted Trump administration as well as the hard Brexit process from the UK. The stirring of economic issues abroad has prompted the Bank of Japan to maintain its current policies and wait for these to unravel before finally making a move.

Slow Economic Growth for South Korea in Fourth Quarter

The Bank of Korea confirmed on Wednesday the economic growth of the sovereign state fell back during the fourth quarter of the previous year. Further sharp decline took place in the construction spending and personal consumption expenditure as the political upheaval intensifies.

The period got affected by the illegal involvement of President Park Geun-hye regarding the corruption scandal. Park got impeached by parliament of South Korea, pronouncing their judgment in a court proceeding. This political instability triggered fears for the probable “policy paralysis” and caused for the Consumer Confidence Index to slump for the third time up to this month.

The growth is approximately 0.4 percent based on Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR), quite from the 0.6 percent result in September and 0.8 percent surge for the month of June.
While the construction investment grew less with a seasonally adjusted 1.7 percent from October to December. On the other hand, the private consumption gained 0.2 percent only and remained lesser by 0.5 percent during the September quarter. Moreover, the annual GDP rate increased by 2.3 percent in the last quarter but comparatively lower from 2.6 percent hike in third quarter.

Singapore Manufacturing Data Rallied on Strong Exports Demand

The industrial production of Singapore rose at the quickest rate over five years in December driven by strong demand for electronics export reported by the Electronic Development Board. The Manufacturing data rose 21.3 percent in December 2016 while the output climbed to 6.4%. Even though the country encountered an increase in jobless rate reaching a six-year high in the past quarter, the results exceeded the forecast for two consecutive months from November.

Growth in the export-reliant city-state is starting to gain momentum when the country tried to prevent the recession last year since the economy recovered after the decline in the third quarter. The preliminary data of the Gross Domestic Product also rose at the fastest rate over three years in the fourth quarter.

Trump Signed Exec Order for Controversial Pipelines

Environmentalists have predicted about the much-protected issue but only few of them presumed it would instantly take place. As US President Donald Trump signed an executive order giving a go-ahead signal for the completion of the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipeline. Based on reports, these infrastructure programs allow an easier shipping of fossil fuels towards North America.

This re-authorization order is included in the promise of Trump during his campaign which is about the lessening of internal procedures in blocking the pipelines.Moreover, the 70-year old politician was lambasted by climate activists together with Native Americans after he approved the memorandum for the pipeline projects.

The pipeline revival is the initial opposing move of current American leader against ex-President Obama’s environmental policies. As Obama’s presidency did not pursue this plan due to some environmental-related concerns.

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USD Drops, Asia Stocks Slump after Trump’s Immigration Ban Causes Unrest

The US dollar inched lower and asian stocks declined after the market suffered repercussions brought about by President Trump’s various implementing policies, including an immigration which has sparked outrage from a number of the world’s most influential leaders as well as some tech giants. Meanwhile, bonds rose in value along with gold prices. The US dollar traded within its lowest levels in over two months and has weakened significantly against all other major currencies. Oil prices also decreased in value for the second consecutive day this week.

Positive Outlook on Japan’s Economic Growth Forecast Caused BOJ to Maintain its Policy

The Bank of Japan adjusted higher its economic forecast on Tuesday. However, the monetary policy remained the same which is already anticipated. The GDP forecast for the year increased by 14% from 1.0% in October for this fiscal year. Its economic forecast was raised by 1.5% from 1.3% for this year and 1.1 percent from 0.9% in the following fiscal year. Alongside, the inflation of 2% is anticipated to increase as well for the fiscal year in 2018 since the medium to long-term inflation expectations has a positive outlook and halts is recent decline.


The Labor market is also doing well with rates tightening and the downtrend of the commodity prices is pushed higher by the increase in demand for International commodity prices. The currency yield-curve policy control approved on later September meeting of the central bank is expected to maintain its current stand despite the uncertainty brought by the new U.S. administration as one of their top trading trading partner.

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