Fundamentals to watch out for this week

Apr 08, 2019 17:43 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

In terms of volatility risks, this week is extremely heavy with the focus on Brexit, and central banks, What to watch for over the coming days: Central Banks: Bank of Japan (BoJ) governor Kuroda will hold a...

FxWirePro: Mexican peso still under-pressure - USD/MXN hedging perspectives

Apr 08, 2019 12:53 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks

Speculations over Banxicos rate cut are becoming increasingly louder already this year. Weak growth and, above all, the decline in inflation have fuelled such discussions. In January and February, seasonally adjusted...

FxWirePro: Uphold EUR/JPY bearish hedging ahead of ECB

Apr 08, 2019 11:24 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks

European central bank is lined up for monetary policy meeting this week, following the ECBs surprisingly dovish message last week, signaling no hikes in 2019, we see significantly less upside for EURJPY this year, EURJPY...

FxWirePro: Euro still seems fragile on geopolitics and prolonged ECB’s dovish rhetoric – EUR OTC hedging sentiment remains intact

Apr 08, 2019 07:21 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks

The euro has scope to trade into a lower range below 1.12 if the European Central Bank (ECB) strikes a dovish tone at its governing council meeting on April 10. The ECB may, after its surprise TLTRO III announcement on...

Fed Hike aftermath Series: Hike probabilities over coming meetings

Apr 08, 2019 06:29 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

FOMC followed through its promise and hiked rates four times in 2018 and forecasted two more rate hikes for 2019. Current Federal funds rate - 225-250 bps (Note, all calculations are based on data as of 1st...

FxWirePro: Spotlight on US Job markets, USTs, and Rates Derivatives Strategies

Apr 05, 2019 10:48 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks

As the February US job market data disappointed massively with only 20k new jobs, the labor market report for March out today will, of course, be of particular interest to the market and the US dollar. In particular, as on...

FxWirePro: Canadian labour market unlikely to change BoC’s and CAD’s OTC market sentiments

Apr 05, 2019 10:15 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks

In the end, it makes no difference to the Bank of Canada (BoC) what todays labor market report for March is going to be always assuming of course that it doesnt produce an extreme result, which we do not expect. In...