Rate Roulette: Various Central Banks Gear Up for Decisions
In May, Australia's central bank, the RBA, maintained its interest rate at 4.35%, as widely expected for the fourth meeting in a row. In April, U.S. retail sales stagnated at 0.0%, disappointing expectations and trailing the previous month's figures of 0.0% and 0.6% respectively. In March, the Swiss Central Bank caught markets off guard by becoming the first major central bank to decrease interest rates by 0.25 percentage points, lowering them from 1.75% to 1.50%. In April, the Bank of England..
