Bank of Canada Cuts Rates 25 bps...Canadian Dollar Plunges
Jul 15, 2015 17:03 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Bank of Canada cut its overnight rate target by 25 basis points to an historically low 0.5 percent today. The loonie immediately plunged to 77.5 cents U.S., down a full cent. The disparity between monetary policy in...
Japan's wage and price data to remain key for BOJ's monetary policy
Jul 15, 2015 03:54 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Considering that there are signs of wage growth even at smaller firms in Japan, as defined in the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfares Monthly Labor Survey, a rise in wages and prices for services starting this summer...
Fed, higher “dots" more likely?
Jul 15, 2015 03:34 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The hurdle for Fed moving NAIRU further down is quite high. Pushing it below 5% would require solid justification, based on more than guesswork about future shifts in the Beveridge curve. What if the unemployment rate...
BOJ likely to hold policy today
Jul 15, 2015 02:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
Bank of Japan (BOJ) will announce its monetary policy decisions tomorrow sometime in early Asian hours. Speech by Governor Kuroda is scheduled at 3:00 GMT. Current monetary policy - BOJ is holding policy rates...
Unstable global financial conditions and the BOJ
Jul 14, 2015 16:09 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
BoJ is likely to stay on hold and unlikely to significantly change its optimistic growth and inflation outlook. But, BoJs assessment of external risks will be closely watched, especially if risk sentiment deteriorates...
Global banking boom on investors' radar
Jul 14, 2015 13:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
A survey of fund managers by Bank of America Merrill Lynch showed that investors are quite positive on higher interest rate environment in the coming future. Investors are more optimistic about banks than they have...
Russian banking system, resilient but fragile
Jul 14, 2015 05:07 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Russian central bank has withdrawn banking licenses for 30 establishments since the beginning of the year for financial reasons or wrongdoing. Yet the scenario of a liquidity crisis shows no signs of materialising, and...
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