FxWirePro: Is Bank of Japan struggling to keep yields low?

Aug 03, 2018 13:00 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The central bank of Japan has been very active in the bond market lately, largely to prevent the volatility to rise excessively as it nears the time to reverse its extra-ordinary easy monetary policies, which has been in...

FxWirePro: Central banks’ hawkish/dovish ranking based on monetary policy outlook

Aug 03, 2018 08:43 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Since 2015, global central banks have been reversing their ultra-easy monetary policy stance with the U.S. Federal Reserve leading the way. In this piece, we rank the majority of the G10 central banks from hawkish to...

FxWirePro: GBP/AUD perplexed with mixed bag of macros and geopolitics - Theta shorts and delta longs in 3-way straddles to execute smart hedge

Aug 03, 2018 07:56 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks

Macro and geopolitical outlook: In the UK, Macroeconomic fundamentals and political factors continue to dominate the headlines, with further signs that the UK and the EU are entering the Brexit negotiations some...

Bank of England hikes interest rate by 25 bps

Aug 02, 2018 13:23 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The Bank of England today decided to hike its policy rate by 25 basis points to 0.75 percent, as anticipated. The Monetary Policy Committee unanimously decided to hike rates. This was slightly unexpected as there were...

RBNZ likely to leave OCR unchanged at next week’s monetary policy meeting; first hike seen by late 2019: ANZ Research

Aug 02, 2018 08:41 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is poised to leave the benchmark Overnight Cash Rate (OCR) unchanged at its monetary policy meeting, scheduled to be held by mid of next week, according to the latest report from ANZ...

FOMC Monetary Policy August 2018: Assessing future bias from statement and projection materials

Aug 02, 2018 07:51 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

As expected, the policymakers at FOMC kept interest rates unchanged at yesterdays meeting. Current Federal funds rate target 175-200 basis points. Lets first assess the bias in monetary policy statement...

U.S. Fed keeps policy interest rates on hold

Aug 01, 2018 18:52 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The U.S. Fed kept its policy interest rates on hold during its meeting today. Todays decision was not unexpected as the Fed had hiked rates six weeks ago. That signified that the only real uncertainty today was whether the...