Fed Hike Aftermath Series

Fed’s Yellen seems positive on economic outlook, shrugs labor market concern   

Jun 07, 2016 05:21 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The United States Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, while speaking at an event in Philadelphia, affirmed her conviction of positivity on the overall outlook of the US economy, while warning that investors and other Fed...

Key highlights from Janet Yellen’s Philadelphia speech

Jun 07, 2016 05:02 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Speaking at World Affairs Council, in Philadelphia, FED Chair Janet Yellen provided best possible indication that the central bank is likely to hold steady in this months meeting. The Fed chair gave a broadly positive...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: USD/INR put spreads back in action on dovish RBI, USD/CNY stalls bull rout eyeing Fed

Jun 06, 2016 12:55 pm UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views

USDCNY has been trimming gains from last four days, drop from the highs of 6.5934 to the current 6.5650 (0.43%). China May activity and loan data should be a mixture of less impressive recovery in sales, continued YoY...

FxWirePro: Adjustments in KRW derivatives portfolio on dovish BoK

Jun 06, 2016 12:52 pm UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views

The KRW rates market has re-priced significantly higher its expectation for BoK easing, now pricing in a 66% chance of a cut in the next three months versus only around 35% before the May MPC minutes. But in this meeting...

Fed Hike Aftermath Series

June hike off the table, Fed to seek more evidence before pushing rates higher

Jun 06, 2016 10:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks

Non-farm payrolls report for May released last Friday showed US employment growth slowed sharply to 38k jobs in May which was weak even after adding back the 35k striking Verizon workers. Revisions to previous payroll data...

Fed Hike Aftermath Series

FED hike aftermath Series: Hike odds back to November post-NFP

Jun 06, 2016 10:08 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

After disappointing payroll number on Friday, which showed headline gains of just 38,000, market participants rolled back their expectations for future hikes from U.S. Federal Reserve. Last two months payroll numbers also...

Key comments from Brainard, Mester and Rosengren post-NFP

Jun 06, 2016 08:55 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Fridays jobs report was a big disappointment for market participants, hence, Dollar was sold off sharply against both developed and developing markets currencies. The Dollar index is currently trading at 94.1, down -4.6%...