FxWirePro: Uphold hedging MXN appreciation as Banxico tone down hawkish rhetoric, now neutral
Oct 03, 2016 12:59 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks
If at all anything unexpected is going to happen in Mexican monetary policy, then we expect a single 25bp hike this year, in December. Banxico backed off from its hawkish rhetoric of a couple of months ago, and in the...
Oct 03, 2016 07:51 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Japanese Manufacturing: The latest survey data signalled a slight improvement in operating conditions at Japanese manufacturers. Production rose for the second consecutive month, while total new orders declined at the...
Oct 03, 2016 07:05 am UTC| Research & Analysis
AUD rose back above 0.7650 against US counterpart and 77.500 levels against Japanese Yen during the early Asian trading sessionon Monday as the risk currencies were buoyed by positive news coming from Europe. Monthly...
Moody's: Japan policy stimulus will support growth, medium-term challenges remain
Oct 03, 2016 01:58 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Moodys Japan K.K. has released its latest issue of Inside Japan, which says that persistent low economic growth and inflation in Japan (A1 stable) has prompted a shift toward greater monetary and fiscal accommodation, and...
Sep 30, 2016 13:40 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks
As expected by the majority of analysts the Fed did not raise interest rates in the last policy meeting. As a result, it therefore, seems to make sense that investors seeking after safe avenues of investments in Gold,...
FxWirePro: US election premiums visible USD/JPY OTC markets - Vega-neutral USD/JPY calendar spreads
Sep 30, 2016 09:19 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis
Just as the market was craving any clear-cut statement on the Feds future interest rate policy in the run-up to the last FOMC meeting, regardless of how clearly they are staking out a rate rise in December. It simply...
FxWirePro: USD/JPY OTC bets still on bearish risks as 3m risk reversal move in sync with IV skews
Sep 30, 2016 07:09 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Although USDJPY kept spiking 3-4 days, today changed hands at 100.840, down 0.17%, the pair trades at thelargely similar level to that around a month ago. However, JPY has weakened against most other majors over the...
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