BoJ Deputy Governor Iwata holds emphasis on money printing, exposes rifts between board members
Dec 07, 2016 16:52 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy
Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Kikuo Iwata, supporter of aggressive money printing in the nine-member board, shrugged off the view the BOJ was now putting less emphasis on pumping money. Iwata stressed that the BOJ will...
Dec 07, 2016 12:31 pm UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis
The industrial production in the UK dropped by 1.3% MoM in October, dramatically undershooting our and consensus expectations, building on a 0.4% MoM contraction in September. Within overall production, manufacturing...
Weak Australian Q3 GDP data keeps possibility of RBA interest rate cut alive
Dec 07, 2016 12:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks Economy
At its eleventh and final monetary policy meeting of 2016, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left interest rates on hold at a historic low of 1.5 percent as widely expected. The statement that followed had only few minor...
Bank of Canada monetary policy preview
Dec 07, 2016 11:27 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy
Today Bank of Canada (BoC) is to provide further guidance in policy meet. The result of the monetary policy meeting is scheduled to be announced at 15:00 GMT. Current policy measures BoC is maintaining overnight...
Czech National Bank likely to extend EUR/CZK floor until end-2017, says Commerzbank
Dec 07, 2016 11:14 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Czech National Banks minimum exchange rate of 27.00 determines the EUR/CZK exchange rate. This year, the Czech central bank had to continue to actively defend the floor using foreign exchange intervention, which has...
RBI keeps policy rate unchanged with an objective to achieve 4 pct inflation in medium-term
Dec 07, 2016 09:22 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept the benchmark repo rate unchanged at the two-day bi-monthly policy decision, concluded Wednesday, based on an overall assessment of the macroeconomic conditions, with an objective of...
FxWirePro: The Day Ahead- 7th December, 2016
Dec 07, 2016 04:01 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks
Lots of economic dockets and events scheduled for today and some with high volatility risks associated. Data released so far: United Kingdom: BRC shop prices in November declined by 1.7 percent...
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