Mar 30, 2017 12:33 pm UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
The statement from BoCs March 1st meeting reiterated the point that, unlike the US, Canada was an economy that continues to be beset by material excess economic slack, and thus warrants a policy stance that remains very...
FxWirePro: French hedges – Front end gamma, EURIBOR fly and straddle
Mar 30, 2017 09:33 am UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
The political risk in 2Q and the ECB have been lingering as the main drivers of Euro area rates, while Brexit negotiations are expected to take the back stage as Article 50 is triggered next week. We anticipate receding...
Mar 30, 2017 07:52 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is expected to keep its monetary policy unchanged throughout this year despite the rising upward pressure on global bond yields. This implies the central bank maintaining its target for the...
FxWirePro: The Day Ahead- 29th March 2017
Mar 30, 2017 05:03 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks
Lots of economic dockets and events scheduled for today and some with high volatility risks associated. Data released so far: Australia: HIA new home sales rose by 0.2 percent in...
Mar 29, 2017 13:53 pm UTC| Central Banks Commentary
In this latest quarterly report on metals, our emphasis is that based on our analysis, gold should likely trade within a narrow range of about $170/oz this year and should be fairly valued between $1,130-1,300/oz as higher...
Mar 29, 2017 13:40 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Bank of Thailand (BoT) left its policy rate unchanged at 1.50 percent as widely expected. All seven members of the monetary policy committee (MPC) unanimously voted to keep rates unchanged. The BoT acknowledged that...
FxWirePro: Hedging against Chinese onshore FX and interest rate risks
Mar 29, 2017 11:07 am UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
Access to the interbank bond market is the latest opening up of the Chinese onshore FX market to foreign bond investors completes the list of tools that foreign investors need to facilitate their investment in the onshore...
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