Dec 27, 2016 10:12 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views
This is an emphasis to shed some light on low vol pairs among G10 OTC markets, implications and their trading opportunities in this space. Please be noted that GBP and CHF crosses are the least IVs among G10 space,...
FxWirePro: AUD/USD likely to hit lowest since March 2009 by end-2017
Dec 27, 2016 09:57 am UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
In 2016 the Australian dollar (AUD) has benefited from the recovery in commodity prices, but lost grounds at the end of the year to post U.S. Presidential election rally in U.S. Dollar. We expect this to continue even in...
Dec 27, 2016 08:45 am UTC| Central Banks Commentary
The Bank of Korea kept thepolicy rate unchangedbut flagged increased downside risks to growth. We think thefocus is likely to shift to short-term stimulus. We had consistently been advocating USDKRW via NDFs and option...
BoJ's Kuroda defends yield curve control, says policy helping Japan overcome stagnation
Dec 26, 2016 15:06 pm UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda in a speech at Keidanren, Japans biggest business lobby on Monday, strongly defended the central banks yield curve control policy. He said that the new policy framework had kept...
FxWirePro: EUR/USD likely to test parity by end-Q1, fall further below in 2017
Dec 26, 2016 11:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
The Eurozone economy is expected to maintain a moderate rate of economic growth going into 2017, undershooting the European Central Banks (ECB) objective. This will likely keep the central bank in a dovish state, although...
Dec 26, 2016 07:02 am UTC| Economy Central Banks Insights & Views
Indias inflation continued to remain subdued during the month of November, exerting deeper pressure on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to undertake easing policy in the next 2-day bi-monthly monetary policy scheduled to be...
Dec 23, 2016 12:42 pm UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The BoJ maintains status quo in its monetary policy, it seems that the central bank is focused soothing 10Y Treasury bond yield,the benchmark for long-term borrowing costs, at around zero pct and keep the overnight...
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