Sweden's Riksbank to remain on hold, risks skewed to upward revisions on repo rate forecast

Feb 14, 2017 14:35 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

The Sweden Central Bank (Riksbank) is set to announce its policy decision on February 15th. At its December policy meet, the Riksbank extended its asset purchase programme and said that it will buy additional SEK 30...

FxWirePro: Driving forces of SNB’s shift in FX regulations, bullish and bearish scenarios of Swiss franc

Feb 13, 2017 12:46 pm UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views Economy

Numerous elements that influence the shift in the SNBs FX stance, namely: 1) Economic performance is satisfactory and inflation continues to normalize (the rate of CPI inflation has increased by 1.5% from the 2015 low,...

Bank Indonesia likely to keep policy stance intact following improved fundamentals, Moody’s positive outlook

Feb 13, 2017 06:25 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

Bank Indonesia (BI) is expected to keep its policy stance intact this week. There has been a string of positives in the run-up to the policy meeting this week. Moodys positive outlook on Indonesias rating served as an...

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FxWirePro: BoC unlikely to shift policy stance to confront Fed and Trump - EUR/CAD “Diagonal Debit Put Spread” for smart hedge

Feb 10, 2017 12:45 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks

BoC firmly on hold: The lukewarm outlook indicates that the Bank of Canada would keep policy steady in the face of Fed tightening, which should nudge USDCAD gradually higher through mid-2017. The loonie remains highly...

Central Banking Series

Bank of Mexico hikes overnight rates by 50 bps, likely to further tighten policy this year

Feb 10, 2017 12:25 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The Bank of Mexico hiked its overnight rates yesterday by additional 50 basis points to 6.25 percent, as was widely expected. In this cycle, the total tightening has come to 325 basis points. Significantly, the central...

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Kiwi dollar plummets after Chinese trade balance; FxWirePro’s option strips safeguard NZD/USD receivable exposures

Feb 10, 2017 07:05 am UTC| Central Banks Commentary

China reported a USD 51.35 billion trade surplus in January of 2017, lower than a USD 56.67 billion surplus a year earlier but above market consensus of a USD 47.90 billion surplus. It was the largest trade surplus...

FxWirePro: Loonie likely to stay cheaper for longer on gloomy economy and high correlation to crude prices – Naked put for medium term and spread for long term

Feb 10, 2017 05:56 am UTC| Economy Central Banks Commentary

The Canadian dollar now appears cheap both from a PPP perspective and versus a time series of the real trade-weighted exchange rate (refer above graph). This has helped to support growth and is expected to last for longer,...