Looking for more details in the Copom minutes
Oct 25, 2015 23:44 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Copom minutes will be the most important release in the week ahead. After keeping the Selic rate unchanged at 14.25% and changing the convergence of inflation to the relevant horizon for monetary policy instead of the...
Policy decision: Banxico to meet and hold
Oct 25, 2015 23:28 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
In Mexico the focus of the market will be on Thursdays Banxico meeting. A stable inflation outlook, the moderate pace of economic activity ,and restrained FX pass-through, coupled with the delay in Feds hiking cycle should...
Canada's fiscal policy on sight
Oct 25, 2015 22:41 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Last week the Liberal party obtained a surprising majority in Canadas election. With the economy as an important focus of the campaign, the party won on promises of additional infrastructure spending to help boost the...
Oct 25, 2015 22:21 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The RBNZ is expected to keep rates steady at 2.75% on 29 October and resume cutting rates on 10 December, when the bank next updates its economic outlook. The RBNZ has cut rates three times in a row and it is likely to...
ECB tilts the odds towards additional Riksbank easing by year-end
Oct 25, 2015 22:00 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Last weeks ECB policy meeting has important ramifications for future Riksbank policy. Given the expectations for a time-extension of ECB QE, followed by a likely deposit rate cut in 2016, an increased likelihood is seen...
Looking for signs from the Swiss National Bank
Oct 25, 2015 21:29 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
More policy accommodation by the ECB in the coming months will likely add pressure to the SNB and increase market speculation regarding further policy measures. Indeed the SNB is expected to step up FX purchases should the...
Looking for the BoJ to ease further, but it is a close call
Oct 25, 2015 21:15 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Disappointing economic data, a risk of another technical recession, a flat Philips curve, and weak corporate inflation outlook led to some market expectations for further easing at this weeks BoJ meeting. Economists calls...
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