RBA likely to stand pat in tomorrow’s monetary policy
Feb 01, 2016 13:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
In tomorrows the Reserve Bank of Australia board meeting for interest rate decision, the expectations have increased that the board would decide to hold the cash rate steady at 2.0%. With the market probability of a move...
All BoJ’s efforts to beat deflationary pressures – BoJ states Q2 CPI likely to pick up
Feb 01, 2016 12:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
Last Fridays, the rate charge by BoJ makes commercial banks that park surplus reserves at the central bank to negative 0.1% in a slightly awful stimulated pointing at serving its economy to cushion the potential threats of...
National Bank of Ukraine Considers Permitting Institutions To Issue Electronic Money
Feb 01, 2016 12:21 pm UTC| Digital Currency Central Banks
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) is considering granting non-banking financial institutions the right to issue electronic money, the regulators press servicewrote on its Facebook page. It explained the move as a clear...
Banxico likely to stay mute at its forthcoming meeting
Feb 01, 2016 11:56 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
In Mexico, ongoing growth acceleration along with the pass-through from currency depreciation in tradable goods prices suggest further tightening of the current economic situation as well as inflation. Despite downward...
Safe-haven bond yields to gradually rise as Fed aims to ease bubbles in the sovereign bond market
Feb 01, 2016 11:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
The Fed is likely to tighten monetary policy only by as much as markets allow without major turmoil. The Fed will try to avoid any further asset price inflation and ease any bubbles that have already emerged, such as in...
Why BOJ’s negative rate, not really a negative rate?
Feb 01, 2016 11:21 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Bank of Japans (BOJ) negative rate is more symbolic and theoretical than actual realty. While, we, at FxWirePro, joined bandwagon of analysts and news service providers on Friday, highlighting Bank of Japans (BOJ) first...
USD/JPY likely to appreciate further on BoJ’s stance
Feb 01, 2016 11:20 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Bank of Japan in its January meeting surprised the markets by adopting negative interest rates under the newly introduced Quantitative and Qualitative Easing program which cut the interest rate on current account...
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