FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: Stay hedged in USD/ZAR via ‘CCS’ as SARB in dilemma amid struggling GDP and higher inflation pressures

Jun 22, 2016 12:12 pm UTC| Central Banks Technicals

The South African economy shrank an annualized 1.2% over Q1 of 2016, compared to a 0.4% growth in the previous quarter and worse than market expectations of 0.1% drop, dragged down by mining and quarrying and transport...

SARB to refrain from hiking rates in July, may hike by end-2016 if CPI surprises

Jun 22, 2016 12:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks Commentary Economy

South African Reserve Bank (SARB) will announce its interest rate decision on 21 July. In mid-May the SARB took a break in the rate hike cycle but openly admitted its dilemma between a weak real economy and high inflation...

Philippines CB likely to stay on hold on concerns of global volatility

Jun 22, 2016 11:35 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is expected to keep the policy rate unchanged at the monetary policy meeting this Thursday given the ongoing global market volatility and shaky risk appetite. The central bank of...

Fed Hike Aftermath Series

FED Hike Aftermath Series: Hike probabilities review post Yellen testimony

Jun 22, 2016 10:01 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said she would carefully gauge when to raise rates again as the central bank will have to assess that economic growth is on theright track and labour market conditions are improving after...

Bank of Thailand stays pat on uncertainty over Brexit referendum

Jun 22, 2016 09:14 am UTC| Central Banks Commentary Economy

The Bank of Thailand in its monetary policy meeting held today, maintained status quo, on rising uncertainty over Thursdays Brexit referendum. Further, global financial markets remain choppy ahead of Britains election to...

ECB’s free money stimulus begins today

Jun 22, 2016 08:40 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

In March European Central Bank (ECB) launched a package of stimulus measures, some of which has already kicked in such as anincrease in asset purchases and buying of corporate bonds and today, another measure, free money...

National Bank of Hungary to keep policy loose; raises 2016, 2017 inflation outlook

Jun 22, 2016 07:12 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The Hungarian central bank, MNB, kept its policy rate on hold at 0.9 percent on Tuesday. It also kept the overnight collateralised lending rate and overnight deposit rate unchanged at 1.15 percent and -0.05 percent...