FxWirePro: USD/CAD oscillates in see-saw amid FED/BoC normalization cycle, what causes RVs underperformance?

Sep 06, 2017 08:11 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views

The key driving force of loonie remains the relative priced pace of policy normalization. The conjecture behind a partial retracement higher in USDCAD is the expectation that relative monetary policy pricing will converge...

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RBA monetary policy: Assessing future bias

Sep 05, 2017 04:58 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) chose to keep the interest rate steady at 1.5 percent. Lets look at the details of policy announcement to assess the bias of RBA. Key highlights RBA notes that the pickup in...

RBA rate decision preview

Sep 05, 2017 03:03 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will announce its monetary policy decisions today at 4:30 GMT. Economy at a glance The economy is growing at 1.7 percent y/y as of Q1 2017 compared to 4.3% in early 2012. The...

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ECB President Draghi likely to express concern over recent euro appreciation, says Danske Bank

Sep 04, 2017 10:07 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

The European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi is expected to express concern over the recent appreciation in the common currency at the upcoming monetary policy meeting on September 7, explicitly mention that the...

BoC likely to raise overnight rate by 25bps next Wednesday, says Scotiabank

Sep 01, 2017 08:20 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

The Bank of Canada (BoC) is expected to raise its overnight rate by 25 basis points at its next meeting on September 6 and maintain a neutral-hawkish bias in a nod to how there are further hikes to come beyond simply...

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Bank of Korea likely to keep monetary policy accommodative, adopt wait-and-see approach

Aug 31, 2017 22:24 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The South Korean central bank, Bank of Korea kept its key interest rates on hold at 1.25 percent on Thursday, as was widely anticipated. It has kept its rates unchanged since lowering by 25 basis points in June 2016. The...

FxWirePro: Deploy Call ratio spreads to hedge USD/KRW on status quo BoK

Aug 31, 2017 13:01 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views

Bank of Korea (BOK) stood pat to maintain rates unchanged at 1.25% as broadly anticipated. The rates were left on hold since cutting by 25bp in June-2016. The economy is advancing with the Korean central bank projection of...