Fed Hike aftermath Series: Hike probabilities over coming meetings

Aug 13, 2018 08:21 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

FOMC increased interest rates in March and June and increased its forecast from three rate hikes in 2018 to four rate hikes. June decision was unanimous. Current Federal funds rate - 175-200 bps (Note, all calculations are...

FxWirePro: Three Antipodean trades after monetary policy season, Trios to tackle bearishness tactically

Aug 10, 2018 08:44 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks

In this write-up, we emphasize on the bearishness of antipodeans. The AUDUSD has been one of the vulnerable and worst pairs in the broad-based US dollar rally since the June FOMC and ECB meetings. For now, all monetary...

FxWirePro: Spotlight on RBA’s MPS, Aussie dollar and swap rates

Aug 10, 2018 06:42 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks

AUD fell from 0.7450 to 0.7381, a result of USD strength while the Reserve Bank (RBA) appears to be progressively buoyant that the Australian economy is evolving as desired in the RBAs quarterly Statement on Monetary...

Philippine central bank hikes interest rate by 50 bps, likely to hike further in September

Aug 09, 2018 13:17 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The Philippine central bank hiked its overnight reverse repurchase policy rate today by 50 basis points to 4 percent, consistent with consensus expectations. Accordingly, the overall interest rate corridor was also hiked...

BoT likely to raise 1-day repurchase policy rate by 25bps in November, says ANZ Research

Aug 09, 2018 08:58 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is expected to raise the raise its 1-day repurchase policy rate by 25 basis points in November, according to the latest report from ANZ Research. The central bank has maintained its benchmark...

Bank of Thailand keeps interest rate on hold

Aug 08, 2018 13:52 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The Bank of Thailands Monetary Policy Committee members kept the 1-day repurchase policy rate at 1.50 percent. The policy statement was largely unchanged from the previous one. The only two noteworthy changes were that...

FxWirePro: Zero cost option structures allure FX traders on potential hawkish BoJ

Aug 08, 2018 13:26 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views

We immediately took the view that the adjustments of the Japanese monetary policy implemented by the Bank of Japan last week amounted to a capitulation on the part of the BoJ.In the meantime, reports have emerged that the...