FxWirePro: FOMC meeting preview
Mar 13, 2017 12:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
The Federal Open Market Committee starts its next two-day policy meeting on March 14. US Non-farm Payrolls solid reading on Friday reinforced market expectations of Fed rate hike in March. February jobs report removed the...
FxWirePro: EUR/USD 3m3m FVAs to render asymmetric political hedge
Mar 13, 2017 09:09 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The European election-distorted EUR/EUR-cross vol curves: The risk premium for the French elections has distorted EUR-and EUR-cross vol surfaces. 3M-1M vol curves have steepened enormously due to the boost to 3M expiries...
Mar 13, 2017 06:59 am UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views Research & Analysis
As expected, theEuropean central bank (ECB)left all benchmark interest rates on hold following the latest Council meeting, with the main refi rate remaining at 0.0% and the deposit rate at -0.40%. According to the...
Mar 13, 2017 06:52 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Federal Reserve is expected to maintain a signal for three interest rate hikes this year in line with the message Chair Janet Yellen set in her recent speech. Further, the upbeat February jobs report has removed the...
Fundamentals to watch out for this week
Mar 13, 2017 06:50 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks
This week is pretty risk heavy in terms of data and events, some of them can even trigger very high volatility. What to watch for over the coming days: Central banks: European Central Bank (ECB) president...
Fed Hike Aftermath Series: Hike odds review
Mar 13, 2017 06:01 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
With January meeting gone, there are eight more Fed meetings scheduled ahead for this year and according to the December projection, the Fed is expected to hike rates by 25 basis points in three of them. The financial...
FxWirePro: The Day Ahead- 13th March 2017
Mar 13, 2017 03:41 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks
Lots of economic dockets and events scheduled for today and some with high volatility risks associated. Upcoming: Japan: Tertiary industry report will be released at 4:30 GMT. Italy: Industrial output report...
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