Aug 01, 2016 13:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
GBPAUD is an interesting pair to be closely watched and traded among G10 currency space ahead of monetary policy actions in both the continents (RBA and BOE). BoE on Thursday will be the key, with the inflation report...
Aug 01, 2016 11:44 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The GBP continued to weaken post-referendum, with EURGBP traded briefly above 0.86 and GBPUSD trading below 1.30 early in July. GBP has regained some of the losses, but TWI is still 10% weaker than pre-Brexit. EURGBP...
Aug 01, 2016 11:07 am UTC| Insights & Views
The Bank of England (BoE) meets on Thursday, 4th August to set monetary policy and is likely to become the first central bank to take action in response to the referendum. Amid the heightened uncertainty, expectations are...
FxWirePro: A glimpse on BoE, GBP foreign trade bills and OTC hedging positioning post-Brexit
Aug 01, 2016 10:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
GBP continues to be out of fashion, having weakened 10% on a trade-weighted basis post-Brexit. BoE meeting Thursday main event. We and consensus look for a25bps cut, and will look closely at the inflation report to see...
How vulnerable to hacking is the US election cyber infrastructure?
Aug 01, 2016 08:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Following the hack of Democratic National Committee emails and reports of a new cyberattack against the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, worries abound that foreign nations may be clandestinely involved in the...
Should we be locking people up in prisons at all?
Aug 01, 2016 07:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Footage aired last week of children being abused in a Northern Territory prison sent shockwaves around the nation. These images forced us to grapple with the problem as if it were breaking news, despite the fact that so...
Please rewind: a final farewell to the VCR
Aug 01, 2016 07:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
I grew up with video cassette recorders (VCRs). I still remember rushing off to the the video store to hire the latest movie, hoping that there was at least one copy still on the shelf that didnt have the Sorry Im Out tag...
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