FOMC Monetary Policy September 2017: Assessing future bias from statement and projection materials

Sep 21, 2017 05:20 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

As expected, the policymakers at FOMC signaled balance sheet reduction beginning in October. Lets take a look at the FOMC statement and projection materials for future clues. Current Federal funds rate target 100-125 basis...

FxWirePro: A glimpse through bullion spot, futures and ETFs vs softer dollar ahead of Fed

Sep 20, 2017 11:41 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views

At present the bullion market seeks the opportunity of the Fed not hiking interest rates as frequently as the bank itself supposes due to predominantly disappointing inflation data this year even though prints upbeat data...

FxWirePro: North Korea missile doses, FOMC, USTs biggest concerns for USD/JPY

Sep 20, 2017 10:34 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views

In the last few months, North Korea has increasingly become bolder with its actions. It fired missiles 3 times in May and once in June, followed by 2 ICBM (Hwasong-14) launches in July (4th and 28th), of which both landed...

Fed Hike Aftermath Series: Fed meeting ahead- most crucial monetary policy meeting of the year

Sep 20, 2017 10:06 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Today, FOMC policymakers will announce interest decision and publish future outlook at after the closing of two-day discussion on monetary policies at 18:00 GMT. The announcement will be followed by a press conference from...

FxWirePro: What implications hawkish rhetoric of British and Canadian central banks have on FX OTC markets?

Sep 20, 2017 08:40 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views

GBP spot and vols blown up to the advanced level late in the previous week following a hawkish turn from the BoE. We were mulling owning GBP gamma earlier given the potential breakout set-up in cable prior to Vlieghes...

FxWirePro: BoJ unlikely to change in monetary policy - Hedging vehicles for AUD/JPY risk averse, slackers in bullish and bearish scenarios

Sep 20, 2017 07:56 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views

BoJ is scheduled for monetary policy meeting: The tomorrows BoJ policy meeting is deemed to be a non-event. The basic contours of growth and inflation have not changed since the last meeting in July, and the BoJ will not...

RBA likely to adopt tightening policy by 50 bps in 2018, says ANZ Research

Sep 20, 2017 06:49 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to adopt a tightening monetary policy in 2018 is boosted by the hawkish shift in the RBAs language. This would reverse the rate cuts of 2016 and take the real cash back to...