Oil traders take breather after weekly rally, Brent below $49
Aug 31, 2015 09:21 am UTC| Central Banks
Oil prices fell sharply on Monday, taking a breather after booking strong gains over the previous trading week, but heading for another monthly fall amid worries over China and the ongoing supply glut.WTI futures fell...
BCB close to end its tightening cycle
Aug 31, 2015 07:24 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The key addition to the Banco Central do Brasils(BCB) usual short post-Copom statement at the July meeting was - The Committee understands that the maintenance of this basic interest rate level, for a sufficiently long...
September Fed rate hike a razor thin decision
Aug 31, 2015 07:03 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Fed rate hikes are coming soon; the only uncertainty is the exact timing of lift-off. Even before the recent increased worries about Chinas economic slowdown and turmoil in financial markets the Feds rate decision at...
Asia Roundup: German retail sales beat estimates in July- August 31, 2015
Aug 31, 2015 06:56 am UTC| Market Roundups Central Banks
Market Roundup CFTC IMM CTA data - Specs slash long USD bets to lowest since mid-June, net EUR shorts lowest since July 14, net JPY shorts lowest since mid-May. Investors pull record $29.5 bln from equity funds...
Poland's July MPC minutes not so dovish
Aug 31, 2015 06:56 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
According to the July NBP minutes, the majority of council members want rates to stabilise at the current level. They wrote in the minutes that in the coming years inflation was likely to gradually rise towards the target,...
RBA confronting riskier outlook
Aug 31, 2015 05:06 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
A lot has happened since the RBAs August meeting, the net effect of which must have been to make the RBA board a good deal more concerned about downside risks to the outlook. To a large extent these risks emanate from...
RBA policy reaction at this stage is likely to be judged as premature
Aug 31, 2015 04:46 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Firstly, the uncertainty about China is simply too great, and the risks are not all one-way, if Chinas growth prospects improve as a result of the various changes, admittedly not the most likely scenario, the impact would...
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