Richmond Fed president Jeffrey Lacker resigns admitting confidential leak

Apr 05, 2017 07:17 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker has resigned with immediate effect admitting that he leaked non-public confidential information back in 2012 to an analyst at Medley Global Advisors which is owned by Financial Times....

FxWirePro: Commodity prices, RBA to drive Aussie dollar and article 50 stumbles sterling - Futures with mid-month tenors to arrest downside risks

Apr 05, 2017 07:12 am UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views

RBA April Monetary Policy Decision: RBA leaves the cash rate unchanged at 1.50% on concern about the overheating Australian property market. AUD to remain susceptible to the yield spread and broad market...

BoK likely to keep policy rate unchanged at 1.25 pct next week, says DBS Research

Apr 05, 2017 05:54 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

The Bank of Korea (BoK) is expected to hold its benchmark policy rate at 1.25 percent at its monetary policy decision, scheduled to be held next week. Although energy inflation may not be a big worry to the...

FxWirePro: The Day Ahead- 5th April 2017

Apr 05, 2017 05:31 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

Lots of economic dockets and events scheduled for today and some with high volatility risks associated. Data released so far: Japan: Markit services PMI edged higher in March to 52.9 Australia: ANZ commodity...

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Chart of the Day: Czech peg break

Apr 04, 2017 15:53 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The volatility curveof the Czech Koruna is suggesting that the market is pricing the much-anticipated peg withdraw by the Czech central bank within the next 2 months. The central bank hasnt given out any specific date...

RBA monetary policy: Assessing future bias

Apr 04, 2017 13:15 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) chose to keep the interest rate steady at 1.5 percent. Lets look at the details of policy announcement to assess the bias of RBA. Key highlights RBA notes that the global...

Kuroda Stands and Delivers: Yen fortifies in FxWirePro’s currency index, Derivatives trades of EUR/JPY

Apr 04, 2017 12:19 pm UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views

EURJPY demonstrates the highest beta to Euro-turmoil for the obvious reason that both legs of the cross pull in the same direction during stress. The GFC period is deliberately excluded from the analysis assuming that a...