RBNZ to hold OCR at 2.75% in October OCR review

Oct 26, 2015 21:30 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The OCR is expected to remain on hold at 2.75% in the October OCR review. The strong housing market and a less dire outlook for dairy prices favour a pause; however, the bounce in the NZ dollar will be a concern for the...

BoJ’s printing press may soon run even faster

Oct 26, 2015 17:00 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Economists expect the Bank of Japans decision at its meeting on Friday to be a close call. At the end of the day the central bank will probably decide to ease monetary policy further. It is expected that the BoJ wants to...

Bank of Israel on hold, worried about ILS strength, deflation, and tepid growth

Oct 26, 2015 16:27 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The Bank of Israel (BoI) kept its 0.10% base rate on hold, as expected. It is believed that, BoI has no appetite to loosen monetary policy under the current circumstance even though it remains concerned about the very low...

Diverging Fed views

Oct 26, 2015 16:17 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

For the October FOMC meeting, markets and the Fed are reasonably well aligned: markets do not appear to expect the Fed to hike, and economists view the Fed will stand pat. However, market pricing diverges sharply from Fed...

Tough time for FOMC as foreign counterparts to ease

Oct 26, 2015 13:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks

FOMC participants in spite of strong indication of intention to hike rates this year has been struggling to decide on appropriate time and now looking beyond to next year. Second quarter, June rate hike got hampered...

ECB set to unleash further monetary stimulus through hints on easing

Oct 26, 2015 13:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks

The ECB chief Mario Draghi updated last weekend that the central bank is observing and evaluating new stimulus measures that could be unveiled as soon as December and is prepared to cut its deposit rate deeper into...

UK’s manufacturing loses steam, throws fresh doubts over BOE hawkish outlook

Oct 26, 2015 12:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks

Bank of England (BOE) officials have remained positive over UKs economy, however survey by conference board saying otherwise. According to CBI, manufacturing growth has stalled due to weakness in both domestic and...