Riksbank likely to lower repo rate by 10bp in December

Oct 23, 2015 06:17 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

In the past couple of years Sweden GDP growth has been driven by domestic sectors thriving on the back of a long-standing property market boom and strong migration inflows. Although with some signs of improvement, the...

BoE's rate hike likely in Q1, 16

Oct 23, 2015 05:51 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of BoE remains split with an 8-1 vote on whether to keep the Bank Rate unchanged or raise it immediately. Minutes from the 8 October meeting indicate that most MPC members are not...

ECB prepares easing package for December

Oct 23, 2015 05:43 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Draghi pointed towards action at the next ECB policy meeting by saying the degree of monetary policy accommodation will need to be re-examined at the December monetary policy meeting, when the new Eurosystem staff...

Deposit rate cut back in ECB's toolbox

Oct 23, 2015 05:38 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

To boost the ECBs toolbox, the ECB also reinserted the deposit rate as a possible instrument to be used. While last years assessment suggested that the effective lower bound for rates had been reached, the view now, due to...

Fed's rate hike uncertainty persists amid soft economic data

Oct 23, 2015 05:32 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

At the conclusion of the September FOMC meeting of Fed, the Committee expressed great concern that risks surrounding the growth and inflation outlook of the United States- then still viewed a nearly balanced - could become...

Euro declined substantially today on the surprisingly soft stance by the ECB

Oct 22, 2015 22:42 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The euro declined substantially today on the surprisingly soft stance by the ECB. Given that a 10bp deposit rate cut is expected in December. The experience from H1, when EUR/USD bottomed out just a few months after the...

FOMC Preview: Building a game plan for December

Oct 22, 2015 22:27 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

It is extremely unlikely that the FOMC will contemplate a rate hike at the upcoming gathering. More critically, officials will have to decide whether they still consider a December rate hike as likely and, if so, come up...