Feb 16, 2017 12:42 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks
EURCHF is so far tracking our forecast which assumes a softening in the SNBs intervention regime and a resultant orderly decline of around one cent per quarter in the cross to 1.03 by year-end. The SNB is certainly not...
Feb 16, 2017 12:29 pm UTC| Economy Central Banks Commentary
Australias January labour market report released earlier today was broadly in line with expectations. Data released by the national statistics bureau showed seasonally adjusted overall employment rose by 13,500 to...
Fed Hike Aftermath Series: Key commentaries from Fed’s Rosengren
Feb 16, 2017 08:27 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
In a prepared speech in New York, Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren said that a potential overshoot of economic growth and inflation likely to call for a faster rate hikes from the US Federal Reserve than the central...
Fed should not risk falling behind the curve - Yellen
Feb 15, 2017 15:23 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen in a testimony before the Senate on Tuesday reiterated the Feds December prediction of three increases in 2017, raising the Feds benchmark rate from its current range, 0.5 percent to 0.75...
Feb 15, 2017 14:43 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Swedens central bank in a unanimous decision left its policy rate unchanged at -0.50 percent and also left untouched the QE programme, which was extended in December to run throughout H1 2017. Swedens Riksbank executive...
Feb 15, 2017 12:34 pm UTC| Central Banks Economy Commentary
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellens congressional testimony gave a rather upbeat assessment of the US economy, consistent with the Feds expectation of further gradual increases in interest rates. In a testimony before the...
Feb 15, 2017 11:55 am UTC| Economy Central Banks
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Russia contracted 0.57 pct in the third quarter of 2015 over the previous quarter. Over a medium-term horizon, we remain constructive RUB. The fundamental drivers for the ruble over...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects