No further BI easing expected in 2015
Nov 24, 2015 00:11 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Potential Fed rate hike in December the constraint to easing. Better current account data, contained inflation and a recovering currency have provided BI with the previously elusive opportunity to shift its focus to growth...
Hawkish Liikanen turns dovish ahead of ECB December meeting
Nov 23, 2015 11:07 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
European Central Banks (ECB), governing council member and Governor of Finnish Central Bank Erkki Liikanen seem to have transformed himself as a dove heading into much awaited December meeting next week. Finnish...
Nov 23, 2015 11:06 am UTC| Technicals Central Banks
The fact that the Fed is looking to hike rates in the same month that the ECB is preparing to increase its stimulus could suggest opening of the floodgates for another drop in the value of EUR/USD. ECB President Mario...
Watch out for FED’s mysterious closed door meeting today
Nov 23, 2015 10:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
US Federal Reserve all out of the blue announced a closed door meeting under expedited procedure at boards office in Washington to be held today at 11:30 am Eastern Standard Time (EST). No major details are provided...
ECB policy decision: Patience till December
Nov 22, 2015 22:21 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
EURUSD is expected to remain relatively choppy as we approach the December ECB event risk and see any squeeze higher as an opportunity to re-initiate short EURUSD positions ahead of the meeting. Indeed, the ECB further...
Counting the days to the December Fed hike
Nov 22, 2015 12:41 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
With less than a month away from Federal Reserves December meeting where the FOMC will decide whether or not to start the first tightening cycle in more than a decade. Putting that into perspective, it will potentially be...
ECB on track to loosen policy at December meeting
Nov 20, 2015 17:30 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Since President Draghis 22nd October announcement that an easing of monetary policy would be considered at the ECBs December meeting, which is now less than two weeks away, indicators of euro area financial conditions have...
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