Simply Economics

Will the Bank of Japan make changes at month end to its aggressive quantitative easing program? The European Central Bank is expected to hold policy steady at this week's meeting but there are still questions over the 2019 outlook . And for the Fed, a retaliatory rate hike to assert its independence at next week's FOMC may be out of the question but its rate-hike path, pressure from the administration aside, is clearly laid out in detail.