Central Banking Series

PBoC likely to proceed cautiously in raising interbank rates

Feb 20, 2017 11:50 am UTC| Central Banks Commentary

The Peoples Bank of Chinas (PBoC) easing cycle since late 2014 has been accompanied by a buildup in borrowing. By end-2016, the nations debt to GDP ratio swelled to 270 percent from 150 percent in 2008. On 24 Jan, the PBoC...

Central Banking Series

Bank of Korea likely to adopt balanced view on growth, inflation outlook at this week’s meeting, says DBS

Feb 20, 2017 07:09 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

The Bank of Korea (BoK) is expected to adopt a balanced view about the growth and inflation outlook and to hold rates steady at Thursdays meeting. Economic growth has shown some signs of bottoming out, thanks to the recent...

Fundamentals to watch out for this week

Feb 20, 2017 06:55 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

Compared to the previous week, this week is less risk heavy. But there are certain economic data and events scheduled that can trigger high volatility. What to watch for over the coming days: Greece:...

Central Banking Series

ECB minutes show policymakers' support for steady policy stance, suggest little appetite for curbing stimulus

Feb 17, 2017 15:04 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Minutes of the European Central Banks Jan 19 meeting showed on Thursday that policymakers broadly agreed to look through the energy-driven recent upturns in headline inflation and sought patience as they judged that the...

U.K. retail sales unexpectedly slip in Jan, show first signs of fall in underlying trend since Dec 2013

Feb 17, 2017 12:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks

Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), showed on Friday that U.K. retail sales volumes unexpectedly dropped by 0.3 percent compared with the previous month, widely missing analysts expectations for a 0.9...

FxWirePro: Trump’s budding lurid on currency policy and impact on DXY, 10Y yields and swap differentials

Feb 17, 2017 10:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks

After very busy recent weeks that contained 3 major central bank meetings and important turn-of-the-month data, FX markets continue to be imprudently US centric and mostly intensive on the repricing of hopes of Trump...

Central Banking Series

Bank Indonesia keeps policy rate unchanged at 4.75 pct

Feb 16, 2017 16:27 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Bank Indonesia on Thursday left its benchmark policy rate unchanged for a fourth consecutive policy meeting, as largely expected. Indonesias central bank kept the 7-day reverse repurchase rate at 4.75 percent and also held...