BoJ seems committed to yield curve control
Dec 14, 2016 08:13 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy
The actions taken by the Bank of Japan (BoJ) yesterday shows that the central bank remains committed to its experimental monetary policy of yield curve control and we at FxWirePro believe that it would continue that way as...
Dec 14, 2016 07:38 am UTC| Central Banks
For today, the major focus would be theFOMC meeting on Funds rate, where a Fed funds rate likely to hike from 0.50% to 0.75% mark which is broadly projected (and clearly priced in by all markets). Also of interest would be...
Dec 14, 2016 07:27 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis
The AUDUSD momentum remains positive for today but slightly weaker. We look for another push above 0.7500, which will probably happen if theres a bout of long-USD profit-taking post FOMC tonight. AUD/USD 1-3 month:The...
Dec 14, 2016 06:49 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will announce monetary policy decisions today at 19:00 GMT at the end of its two-day monetary policy meeting. It is widely expected that the FOMC members would vote to hike rates by 25...
FxWirePro: The Day Ahead- 14th December, 2016
Dec 14, 2016 05:09 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks
Lots of economic dockets and events scheduled for today and some with very high volatility risks associated. Data released so far: Australia: New motor vehicle sales declined by 0.6 percent in November, down 1.1...
BOE to leave policy unchanged at Dec. 15 meet, upbeat Nov inflation data presages rate hike
Dec 13, 2016 11:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks Economy
UK CPI inflation resumed the broad upward trajectory in November. Data released on Tuesday by the Office for National Statistics showed UK consumer prices rose 1.2 percent compared with a year ago, beating economists...
Fed likely to hike rate on Dec 14, to undertake two more rate hikes in 2017
Dec 13, 2016 11:08 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks
The Federal Reserve will hold its last two-day monetary policy meeting on December 13-14, decision is expected to be released on Wednesday by 19:00 GMT. It is widely expected that the central bank will increase the...
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