FxWirePro: Monetary policy stimulus most prevalent in Asia – Uphold KRW vols spread

Jun 20, 2019 13:39 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut rates as widely expected for the third consecutive meeting by 25bp to 5.75% and shifted to a dovish bias. When Governor Das lowered rates in February this year, he was accused of...

Norges Bank hikes interest rate by 25 bps, hints at another hike in September

Jun 20, 2019 13:06 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The Norwegian central bank, Norges Bank, hiked the interest rates today and imply that it might tighten the monetary policy further. As was anticipated, Norges Bank hiked the key rate to 1.25 percent. The central bank...

FxWirePro: Load up ATM delta puts on GBP/JPY as hard time for British pound on cards ahead of BoE

Jun 20, 2019 11:12 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks

It was primarily the Brexit that cast its shadow over the Bank of Englands monetary policy so far. The central bank had clearly signaled that normalization of its monetary policy over the medium term depended on an...

Fed Hike Aftermath Series: Market pricing 3 rate cuts in 9 month post-FOMC

Jun 20, 2019 11:11 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

After U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers hinted at looming rate cuts at yesterdays meeting where the central tendency of the rate forecasts by FOMC participants declined by 50 basis points, the bond market is pricing 3 rate...

BOJ monetary policy: Assessing future bias

Jun 20, 2019 10:27 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

At todays meeting, policymakers at the Bank of Japan (BoJ) kept the policy unchanged, and the benchmark interest rate at -0.1 percent in 7-2 votes. Lets look at the current monetary policies, Bank of Japan had...

BOE monetary policy preview

Jun 20, 2019 10:11 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The pound has been struggling amid domestic political trouble, toning down of hawkish rhetoric from Bank of England (BoE), uncertainties surrounding the Brexit agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom....

FOMC Monetary Policy June 2019: Assessing future bias from statement and projection materials

Jun 20, 2019 08:44 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

As expected, the policymakers at FOMC kept interestrate unchanged at yesterdays meeting. Current Federal funds rate target 225-250 basis points. Lets first assess the bias in monetary policy statement Improvement...