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...

Fed rate hike odds climb ahead of NFP

Sep 02, 2016 11:51 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

From just 12 percent in July, the probability of a rate hike from the U.S. Federal Reserve has risen to 60 percent. Several hawkish speeches by FOMC members at Jackson Hole Symposium in August pushed the probability higher...

Riksbank likely to keep monetary policy on hold in September

Sep 02, 2016 10:27 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Trends in Sweden have been mainly consistent with the Swedish central banks forecasts from July. This implies that the Riksbank would keep its monetary policy on hold next week during its meeting, said Nordea Bank in a...

MAS eases property refinancing rules; central bank likely to keep policy on hold in October

Sep 02, 2016 08:39 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Singapores central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, has eased rules of property refinancing. With immediate effect, current property owners would be exempted from a 60 percent cap of salary on their total debt...

Australian small businesses could be stretched by changes to commercial credit cards

Sep 02, 2016 06:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Business Central Banks

Small to medium enterprises (SME) are increasingly relying on commercial credit cards to finance their operations, because payment terms for the businesses they supply are stretching out. But if the Reserve Bank of...

ECB unlikely to make any changes to monetary policy stance in September

Sep 01, 2016 12:36 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The European Central Bank Governing Council is unlikely to make any alterations to the monetary policy stance during its meeting next week, noted Nordea Bank in a research report. Even if very low inflation might warrant...

Brazil central bank keeps borrowing costs on hold for the ninth straight session

Sep 01, 2016 12:00 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The central bank of Brazil kept borrowing costs on hold consecutively for the ninth monetary policy meeting, as the economy struggles with a widening recession, deep inflationary pressures and the recent fallout from the...