Markets agree on Fed hike next week, labor market key to understand tightening bias

Dec 10, 2015 11:32 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

FOMC meets next week, and it is now more than certain that the Fed will rates from near zero, with probabilities around 85%, which is as close as the market can price it ahead of the meeting. Attention now is moving away...

BOE’s monetary policy preview

Dec 10, 2015 11:09 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Bank of England (BOE) is scheduled to announce its monetary policy at 12:00 GMT, will release minutes of meeting along with. Pound is heading higher ahead of monetary policy announcement and is best performing major...

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RBA to stay put in H1 2016, as inflation expectations soar

Dec 10, 2015 10:54 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

To add to the headache of Reserve Bank of Australias (RBA) policymakers, who are trying to tame slowdown using loose monetary policy at one hand, facing real estate price hike and deteriorating terms of trade at the other,...

BoK's fiscal policy likely to remain proactive next year

Dec 10, 2015 10:39 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

BoK left its key policy rate steady at 1.5% today, consistent with the expectations. Korean government grew at 2.7% yoy in third quarter, rising from 2.2% in Q2. The economy accelerated to 1.3%qoq in Q3, against 0.3%...

RBNZ will again act, if kiwi appreciates further

Dec 10, 2015 10:06 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

RBNZ once again cut its key rate by 25bp to bring it to 2.5%, as indicated in the last rate meeting. This is primarily because of the NZD which rose again in the month of August. The central bank still wants to a weak...

ECB likely took the pressure off from SNB

Dec 10, 2015 09:25 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) maintains its expansionary monetary policy. The target range for 3-month Libor remains at between -1.25% and -0.25%, and the interest rate on sight deposits with the SNB is kept unchanged at...

BoE may hold bank rate at 1.25% till 2017

Dec 10, 2015 07:13 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

There is an uncertainty about the timing of the Bank of Englands hike rates. Due to weak global economic outlook and commodity prices, and the risks to growth and asset prices, analysts expect the central bank may postpone...