FxWirePro: Bank of Japan meeting preview
Mar 14, 2017 12:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is scheduled to hold a 2-day monetary policy meeting on March 15-16 and is set to announce its decision on Thursday. BOJ would want to see a clear uptrend in consumer prices and importantly, an...
FxWirePro: Discover high yielders and steepners in EUR Swaps after ECB
Mar 14, 2017 11:57 am UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
Following last weeks shift in Fed rhetoric, this weeks ECB meeting saw a lower emphasis on its forward guidance. Indeed, Draghi referred to it as an expectation, rather than a commitment, and subsequent press reports left...
Mar 14, 2017 07:29 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views
We have received two surprises to reduce downside risks to USDJPY. One is from politics and the other is from the macro side: With respect to politics, we had expected that FX and trade issues would have been...
FxWirePro: Politics and macros to engulf USD/JPY
Mar 14, 2017 07:10 am UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
On the macro side, with thechorus of hawkish commentary by the Fed officials, the market has priced in a March hike immediately. Given that, widening U.S.-Japan yield spreads have brought USDJPY higher and the pair is now...
BoJ likely to stand pat, keep short and long-term targets unchanged: DBS Research
Mar 14, 2017 05:46 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is expected to stand pat this Thursday, keeping the short-term and long-term rate targets unchanged at -0.1 and zero percent respectively. This is against the backdrop that the United States Federal...
Mar 13, 2017 13:08 pm UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The FOMC is likely to enact a3rd hike in the federal funds rate this week. On Wednesday, March 15, the FOMC is likely to hike its funds rate by 25 basis points for the third time during the current economic...
FxWirePro: Reshuffling of option trades in commodity driven currencies
Mar 13, 2017 12:56 pm UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The FOMC is likely to enact a3rd hike in the federal funds rate this week. On Wednesday, March 15, the FOMC is likely to hike its funds rate by 25 basis points for the third time during the current economic...
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