Will Fed follow ECB, BOJ to negative territory?
Feb 09, 2016 07:33 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Several analysts point out that there is a possibility growing that FED might follow European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of Japan (BOJ) policymakers in introducing negative rates on excess reserve. Their argument is that...
FxWirePro: EUR/SEK extends higher after breach of trendline resistance, good to buy dips
Feb 09, 2016 07:17 am UTC| Technicals Central Banks
Swedens Riksbank meets this Thursday, 11th February to decide its monetary policy settings. Economists are split 50/50 on no change in rates or a 10-15bp cut. The easing is broadly priced in, market is now pricing in...
Feb 09, 2016 07:02 am UTC| Technicals Central Banks
We look ahead for the Riksbank easing monetary policy further at its Thursday meeting, lowering its repo rate by 10bp, to -0.45% vs consensus: 0bp, market pricing: -7bp, given downside risks to inflation. A repo rate...
More than 6 trillion bonds in negative yield as 10 year JGB drops to negative
Feb 09, 2016 06:44 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Is it BOJ or run to safety? Doesnt matter. Bank of Japans bid to flatten yield curve is turning out to be huge success but Yen and Nikkei are not at levels of their desire. Nikkei cash is down more than 5% today, and...
Equity markets turmoil pushes no rate hike from FED closer to certainty
Feb 09, 2016 06:11 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
With continued turmoil in global equity markets and relentless selling pressure in commodity segment is pushing investors to safety of government bonds, gold and Yen and also pushing back expectations for rate hikes in...
Yellen’s testimony to provide clues on whether a March hike is still in play
Feb 08, 2016 16:03 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The US data calendar remains fairly light this week and the marquee event will be Fed Chair Yellens delivery of the semi-annual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, first before the House Financial Services Committee...
China aggregate financing likely to show big gains
Feb 08, 2016 14:56 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
China is likely to releases aggregate financing figures sometime over the course of this week or perhaps into early the following week. We can expect the value of new yuan-denominated loans issued to consumers and...
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