RBA likely to stay pat on Tuesday, may lower interest rates in November
Sep 05, 2016 10:41 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks Insights & Views
The Reserve Bank of Australia is scheduled to release its monetary policy decision on Tuesday at 04:30 GMT and it is widely expected to leave its interest rate unchanged at 1.50 percent. However, we foresee that there is a...
Fundamentals to watch out for this week
Sep 05, 2016 10:30 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks
This week is quite risk heavy with important economic dockets and central bankers. What to watch for over the coming days: U.S. economic data: After a disappointing NFP report last Friday, focus will be on...
DKK likely to be stable in future, central bank to keep rates on hold for longer period
Sep 05, 2016 07:06 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Denmarks central bank did not intervene in the foreign exchange market in August, the second straight month of non intervention. Since the start of August, the Danish krone has been weakening against the euro, consistent...
Kuroda assures room for rate cuts
Sep 05, 2016 06:45 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
In a speech titled, Comprehensive Assessment of the Monetary Easing: Concept and Approaches, Bank of Japan (BoJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda delivered strong wordings and stressed that the notions of central banks going out...
FxWirePro: SNB negative rate policy and asset program keep Swiss franc at stake
Sep 05, 2016 06:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
There is ageneral consensus that the Swiss franc is highly overvalued, but the external balance remains strong. Both the SNB and IMF think so, and the Big Mac index lists the franc as the most overvalued currency in its...
CNB maintains view on right time to exit FX floor; negative rates not on table for now
Sep 05, 2016 06:19 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Board of the Czech National Bank kept its monetary policy on hold again on Thursdayas per expectations. The central bank did not change its view on the likely timing for exiting the FX floor either. CNB Governor Miroslav...
US August non-farm payroll preview
Sep 02, 2016 12:12 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy
Today NFP report for the month of August is to be published at 12:30 GMT from US. What is NFP report? NFP or non-farm payroll report is the monthly statistics on labor condition in the US released by US department...
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