Sep 23, 2016 06:02 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks
Dear readers, we had explicitly specified in our previous post toexpect more dips up to the next support only at 73.272 levels and upon breach this level, bears may even drag up to 72.239 levels again, and it seems like...
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Sep 22, 2016 22:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks
Vital Signs is a weekly economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data impacting...
Dollar likely to grind lower as Fed cuts rate forecasts again
Sep 22, 2016 12:34 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The United States dollar is likely to keep sliding lowerlike we mentioned before that one hike even if it had come yesterday, wouldnt have been enough to keep fuelling the rise of the dollar. Since late 2014, The Federal...
Central Bank of Turkey cuts key rate by 25bps, to maintain cautious monetary policy stance
Sep 22, 2016 12:32 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Central Bank of Turkey lowered its overnight lending rate by 25 basis points during its meeting today in an attempt to stimulate the ailing economy. The Monetary Policy Committee decided to lower the overnight lending...
FxWirePro: Yellow metal plays safe haven cards as FOMC tiptoes hiking expectations to Christmas
Sep 22, 2016 12:27 pm UTC| Central Banks Technicals
As expected by the majority of analysts the Fed did not raise interest rates last night. As a result, it, therefore, seems to make sense that investors seeking after safe avenues of investments in Gold, evidently this...
Janet Yellen responses firmly to Trump’s criticism of Fed
Sep 22, 2016 11:59 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump, for some time now, has been accusing the U.S. Federal Reserve of creating a false economy with lower interest rates. Trump has said that Chair Yellen should be ashamed of what...
U.S. presidential election may provide the Fed excuse to hold off rate hike at Nov meeting
Sep 22, 2016 11:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
The FOMC left the Fed Funds Rate unchanged at 0.25-0.50 percent as widely expected by markets. The committee voted 7-3 in favour of the decision. It was the first time since September 2011 that so many members opposed the...
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