Central Banking Series

BoK likely to remain on hold next week, inflation in 2017 to reach target band, says ANZ

Dec 09, 2016 11:55 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

The Bank of Korea (BoK) is expected to remain on hold at the monetary policy meeting scheduled to be held next week, with headline inflation making a gradual and slow rise. Also, consumer prices in the country are expected...

Central Banking Series

ECB kick starts tapering but in a dovish disguise

Dec 09, 2016 11:11 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The European Central Bank (ECB) yesterday announced the extension of its current bond-buying program while the interest rates at thecurrent level. Under the current program, ECB is set to buy public sector bonds at the...

Central Banking Series

UK gilts witness heavy sell-off as BoE raises inflation expectations, ECB’s tapering lends support

Dec 09, 2016 10:44 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The UK gilts witnessed a heavy sell-off on Friday as the Bank of England (BoE) in its latest inflation survey raised its expectations for inflation and interest rates. Also, the European Central Bank announced yesterday...

FxWirePro Poll: India's next week inflation data likely to remain subdued, to pressurize RBI for rate cut in February

Dec 09, 2016 10:33 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

Indias inflation data, due to be released next week is expected to have remained subdued during the month of November, exerting deeper pressure on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to undertake easing policy in the next...

Central Banking Series

ECB extends QE purchases till December 2017, likely to adopt further expansion

Dec 09, 2016 05:23 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

The European Central Bank, at the monetary policy meeting held Thursday, extended the QE purchases by nine months to December 2017, but reduced the monthly purchases to EUR60bn from EUR80 billion. The lower pace of...

FxWirePro: The Day Ahead- 9th December, 2016

Dec 09, 2016 05:06 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

Not many economic dockets and events scheduled for today but some with high volatility risks associated. Data released so far: Australia: Investment lending for homes up by 0.7 percent in October while home loans...

Climate Change Series

Central Banking Series

How the Fed joined the fight against climate change

Dec 09, 2016 03:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks

The Federal Reserves policy committee is expected to lift its target interest rate a quarter-point to a range of 0.5 percent to 0.75 percent at its final meeting of 2016. The main reasons the Fed has kept rates near...