ECB policy meeting preview

Dec 03, 2015 10:46 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Today European Central Bank (ECB) is to provide further guidance in policy meet. Result to be announced at 12:45 GMT, followed by press conference at 13:30 GMT. Meeting is to be held in Frankfurt. Current policy...

Poland's monetary policy to be impacted by the personnel changes in MPC next year

Dec 03, 2015 10:27 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Poland would see personnel changes in its Monetary Policy Committee next year. This might not automatically lead to cuts in the interest rates, but the risk of one rate prevails in February or March in 2016, which is...

Fed's speed of future rate hikes to depend on price level

Dec 03, 2015 09:46 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Fed Chair Janet Yellen will express her view on the US economic outlook before the Joint Economic Committee of Congress. Analysts are expecting a careful decision from the Feda and very slow pace in further rate...

Currency War Series

BoC should take the RBA’s "chill out" approach?

Dec 03, 2015 09:16 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Bank of Canada is likely in a position to sit back over Christmas, and follow RBA Stevens chill out notion. As it mentioned in its rate meeting, interest rate front doesnt need action, exports to US are better, there is no...

Currency War Series

Riksbank seems relaxed even if SEK appreciates moderately after ECB's rate decision

Dec 03, 2015 09:05 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Riksbanks Executive Board sound much more relaxed about a moderate appreciation of the krona, believing that ECB would take further accomodative action, thus signalling to the market that EUR-SEK might well move notably...

Emerging Market Crisis Series

South Korean economy better despite slowing China and MERS

Dec 03, 2015 09:03 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

GDP figure for third quarter, released by Bank of Korea (BOK) showed that economy didmuch better in the third quarter than originally anticipated. Korean economy faced heavy headwinds from slowdown in exports to China and...

Currency War Series

ECB likely to expand asset purchases beyond September 2016

Dec 03, 2015 08:34 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Headline inflation gave a downward surprise and stayed at 0.1% y/y in November. The inflation rate for services in euro area fell to 1.1% inNovember in compare to 1.3% in previous month. Similarly, core inflation declined...