Fed Hike Aftermath Series: Fed meeting ahead- most crucial monetary policy meeting of the year

Sep 20, 2017 10:06 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Today, FOMC policymakers will announce interest decision and publish future outlook at after the closing of two-day discussion on monetary policies at 18:00 GMT. The announcement will be followed by a press conference from...

FxWirePro: What implications hawkish rhetoric of British and Canadian central banks have on FX OTC markets?

Sep 20, 2017 08:40 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views

GBP spot and vols blown up to the advanced level late in the previous week following a hawkish turn from the BoE. We were mulling owning GBP gamma earlier given the potential breakout set-up in cable prior to Vlieghes...

FxWirePro: BoJ unlikely to change in monetary policy - Hedging vehicles for AUD/JPY risk averse, slackers in bullish and bearish scenarios

Sep 20, 2017 07:56 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views

BoJ is scheduled for monetary policy meeting: The tomorrows BoJ policy meeting is deemed to be a non-event. The basic contours of growth and inflation have not changed since the last meeting in July, and the BoJ will not...

RBA likely to adopt tightening policy by 50 bps in 2018, says ANZ Research

Sep 20, 2017 06:49 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to adopt a tightening monetary policy in 2018 is boosted by the hawkish shift in the RBAs language. This would reverse the rate cuts of 2016 and take the real cash back to...

FxWirePro: Preview of Fed and dollar OTC actions

Sep 19, 2017 09:46 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views

With markets focused on tomorrows US Fed monetary policy announcement most major currencies were little changed yesterday. The reduction of the Fed balance sheet that is likely to start tomorrow. This aspect that...

FxWirePro: Sterling bulls to intensify on hawkish BoE - GBP/JPY OTC outlook and hedging strategy

Sep 19, 2017 08:06 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views

Following on from last weeks hawkish comments from Bank of England policymakers we now expect a UK rate hike of 0.25% to be announced after the next Monetary Policy Committee meeting on November 2nd. The minutes of the...

BoJ likely to stay pat on monetary policy decision, says DBS Bank

Sep 19, 2017 04:53 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is widely expected to stand pat at its monetary policy meeting, scheduled to be held this Thursday. The recent production and consumption data suggest that the economy continued to expand in Q3...