Riksbank keeps repo rate on hold at 0.00 pct, likely to remain unchanged until Q2 2022
Feb 12, 2020 12:03 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Swedish central bank, Riksbank, kept the repo rate on hold today at 0.00 percent and hinted at an unchanged repo rate until the second quarter of 2022. The central bank did not give any news regarding its purchases of...
Weak UK growth unlikely to translate into BoE rate cut, says ING Economics
Feb 12, 2020 09:08 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks
The UK economy failed to grow in the fourth quarter, but this is old news for markets. Optimism has increased among businesses, and while this may not fully translate into faster growth, we think it would take a more...
Bitcoin Bounce-Back Above $10k And Extends Bullish Streaks On Fed Chief Powell’s Stances Of CBDC
Feb 12, 2020 07:00 am UTC| Digital Currency Technicals Central Banks
Federal Reserve Chief Powell acknowledged the essentiality for the privacy, and crypto transactions through native digital currency, that in turn stimulates the bullish sentiments among the cryptocurrency industry. On...
FxWirePro: A Quick Run Through On CBR Rate Cuts, Guidance And USD/RUB Delta-Hedges
Feb 11, 2020 13:39 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks
CBR cut its key rate by 25bps to 6% at Fridays as we had expected. But contrary to previous months, when the central bank had begun to communicate that further rate cuts may not follow, this month the central bank sounded...
Feb 11, 2020 12:17 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks
Thedeadly coronavirushas adversely affected almost of walks of lives in China. Amid such a lingering threat, the outbreak of a novelcoronavirus(2019-nCoV), which originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, has now...
RBA seems under less pressure to cut rates amid rebound in domestic demand, says Capital Economics
Feb 11, 2020 09:55 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) may yet cut rates to 0.25% in response to the drag on economic activity from the bushfires and the coronavirus. But with domestic demand rebounding as the housing slump has turned to...
FxWirePro: Capitalize on NZD/JPY’s Interim Rallies And Hedge Via ‘Debit Put Spread’ Ahead of RBNZ
Feb 10, 2020 11:00 am UTC| Research & Analysis Economy Central Banks
RBNZs monetary policy that is scheduled for Wednesday.The kiwis central bank cut 50 bps in its August meeting andhad said that there was room to cut further if required. We interpret this as an easing bias rather than a...
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