Fundamentals to watch out for this week
Feb 20, 2017 06:55 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks
Compared to the previous week, this week is less risk heavy. But there are certain economic data and events scheduled that can trigger high volatility. What to watch for over the coming days: Greece:...
Feb 17, 2017 15:04 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Minutes of the European Central Banks Jan 19 meeting showed on Thursday that policymakers broadly agreed to look through the energy-driven recent upturns in headline inflation and sought patience as they judged that the...
Feb 17, 2017 12:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks
Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), showed on Friday that U.K. retail sales volumes unexpectedly dropped by 0.3 percent compared with the previous month, widely missing analysts expectations for a 0.9...
Feb 17, 2017 10:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
After very busy recent weeks that contained 3 major central bank meetings and important turn-of-the-month data, FX markets continue to be imprudently US centric and mostly intensive on the repricing of hopes of Trump...
Bank Indonesia keeps policy rate unchanged at 4.75 pct
Feb 16, 2017 16:27 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Bank Indonesia on Thursday left its benchmark policy rate unchanged for a fourth consecutive policy meeting, as largely expected. Indonesias central bank kept the 7-day reverse repurchase rate at 4.75 percent and also held...
Feb 16, 2017 12:42 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks
EURCHF is so far tracking our forecast which assumes a softening in the SNBs intervention regime and a resultant orderly decline of around one cent per quarter in the cross to 1.03 by year-end. The SNB is certainly not...
Feb 16, 2017 12:29 pm UTC| Economy Central Banks Commentary
Australias January labour market report released earlier today was broadly in line with expectations. Data released by the national statistics bureau showed seasonally adjusted overall employment rose by 13,500 to...
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