Take care when examining the economic impact of fires. GDP doesn't tell the full story
Jan 18, 2020 11:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Estimates of the economic damage caused by the bushfires are rolling in, some of them big and some unprecedented, as is the scale of the fires themselves. These types of estimates will be refined and used to make or...
USD/DKK vs. 2-year yield spread
Oct 31, 2017 07:23 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The chart above shows, how the relationship between USD/DKK and 2-year yield spread has unfolded since 2012. It can be seen that the pair and the yield spread between 2-year treasury and 2-year Danish government bond...
Fundamental Evaluation Series: 2-year yield spread vs. GBP/USD
Sep 22, 2017 11:25 am UTC| Commentary
The chart above shows, how the relationship between GBP/USD and 2-year yield divergence has unfolded since 2012. The cosy relationship between the yield spread and the exchange rate, in this case, is quite visible. Back...
Fundamental Evaluation Series: USD/NOK vs. 2-year yield spread
Aug 22, 2017 12:00 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The chart above shows, how the relationship between USD/NOK and 2-year yield spread has unfolded since 2012. It can be seen that the pair and the yield spread between 2-year treasury and 2-year Danish government bond...
Fundamental Evaluation Series: USD/CZK vs. 2-year yield spread
Aug 22, 2017 06:21 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The chart above shows, how the relationship between USD/CZK and 2-year yield spread has unfolded since 2012. It can be seen even with a naked eye, that the pair and the yield spread between 2-year treasury and 2-year...
Fundamental Evaluation Series: USD/CHF vs. yield divergence
Aug 17, 2017 08:50 am UTC| Commentary
During our evaluation period beginning 2012, the yield spread between the US 2-year bond and a Swiss equivalent has widened by almost 200 basis points but the exchange rate hasnt followed through as much as it should have...
Fundamental Evaluation Series: USD/JPY vs. 2-year yield divergence
Aug 17, 2017 08:44 am UTC| Commentary
This one pair has been at odds with yield divergence throughout early 2016 as the yen benefited from risk aversion and due to market participants doubts on BoJs abilities to ease policies further. It had shown...
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