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Too few recent speeches for a current tone.
- Speeches
- 307
- First speech
- May 8, 1997
- Latest speech
- May 29, 2026
- Tone vs coming rate moves
- Not tested
- too few speeches or no published rate
Does the tone run ahead of the rate?
Speech tone over the previous three months, and the policy rate at the end of each month, on the same timeline. Hover over either chart to read the same month in both.
Speech tone
Policy rate
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Each speech's tone is the average over its sentences about policy, prices, rates or the economy. Open a speech to read it in full.
| Date | Speech | Tone |
|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2026 | Eddie Yue | −0.00 |
| May 29, 2026 | Howard Lee | – |
| Apr 20, 2026 | Eddie Yue | −0.00 |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Eddie Yue | +0.04 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Eddie Yue | – |
| Oct 14, 2025 | Eddie Yue | +0.38 |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Eddie Yue | +0.10 |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Darryl Chan | +0.10 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Eddie Yue | +0.18 |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Eddie Yue | −0.03 |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Arthur Yuen | +0.07 |
| Sep 9, 2025 | Darryl Chan | +0.27 |
| Jul 14, 2025 | Darryl Chan | +0.16 |
| Jul 9, 2025 | Eddie Yue | – |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Eddie Yue | +0.09 |
| Jun 12, 2025 | Darryl Chan | +0.16 |
| Apr 29, 2025 | Darryl Chan | +0.33 |
| Apr 28, 2025 | Howard Lee | – |
| Apr 10, 2025 | Darryl Chan | +0.02 |
| Feb 26, 2025 | Howard Lee | +0.21 |
| Feb 17, 2025 | Eddie Yue | +0.12 |
| Jan 20, 2025 | Darryl Chan | −0.17 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | Eddie Yue | – |
| Nov 27, 2024 | Eddie Yue | +0.06 |
| Nov 23, 2024 | Darryl Chan | +0.32 |
| Nov 11, 2024 | Howard Lee | +0.04 |
| Oct 31, 2024 | Eddie Yue | +0.17 |
| Oct 28, 2024 | Eddie Yue | – |
| Oct 28, 2024 | Arthur Yuen | +0.04 |
| Oct 14, 2024 | Eddie Yue | +0.25 |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Eddie Yue | +0.14 |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Darryl Chan | – |
| Sep 16, 2024 | Eddie Yue | – |
| Aug 28, 2024 | Eddie Yue | +0.08 |
| Jun 8, 2024 | Eddie Yue | −0.07 |
| Apr 11, 2024 | Eddie Yue | +0.11 |
| Mar 26, 2024 | Darryl Chan | −0.02 |
| Feb 29, 2024 | Eddie Yue | +0.08 |
| Feb 27, 2024 | Eddie Yue | +0.14 |
| Dec 11, 2023 | Arthur Yuen | – |
| Dec 5, 2023 | Eddie Yue | +0.06 |
| Nov 30, 2023 | Eddie Yue | −0.02 |
| Nov 14, 2023 | Darryl Chan | +0.28 |
| Nov 2, 2023 | Eddie Yue | +0.01 |
| Oct 31, 2023 | Eddie Yue | +0.34 |
| Sep 27, 2023 | Darryl Chan | −0.04 |
| Sep 22, 2023 | Eddie Yue | +0.09 |
| Sep 20, 2023 | Eddie Yue | +0.16 |
| Sep 14, 2023 | Eddie Yue | +0.36 |
| Sep 12, 2023 | Howard Lee | −0.03 |
| Sep 4, 2023 | Eddie Yue | +0.09 |
| Aug 24, 2023 | Eddie Yue | +0.01 |
| Jun 27, 2023 | Howard Lee | −0.19 |
| May 18, 2023 | Eddie Yue | +0.06 |
| Mar 24, 2023 | Eddie Yue | −0.15 |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Eddie Yue | – |
| Mar 1, 2023 | Eddie Yue | +0.07 |
| Dec 15, 2022 | Eddie Yue | +0.35 |
| Oct 31, 2022 | Eddie Yue | −0.02 |
| Sep 16, 2022 | Eddie Yue | +0.09 |