RBNZ monetary policy: Assessing future bias

Nov 08, 2018 12:49 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

At todays meeting, Reserve bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) kept monetary policy unchanged with overnight cash rate at 1.75 percent. Lets see in the monetary policy, how the bias stands for future actions, The pick-up...

FxWirePro: What to watch in FOMC meet ahead?

Nov 08, 2018 10:48 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The U.S. Federal Reserve is in a hawkish mode. Since December 2015, the U.S. Federal Reserve has hiked rates eight times. It has hiked rates thrice this year in unanimous voting and forecasted one more hike over the...

Philippines central bank likely to adopt final rate hike of 25 bps at December meeting, says ANZ Research

Nov 06, 2018 09:06 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

The central bank of Philippines is expected to adopt a final rate hike of 25 basis points to 4.75 percent at their December monetary policy meeting, according to the latest report from ANZ Research. At 6.7 percent y/y...

FxWirePro: NZD/USD short-tenured IV skews far cry from fragile projections ahead of RBNZ’s OCR announcement

Nov 05, 2018 13:39 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks

In this write-up, we emphasize on the disparity between the NZD IV skews and the long-term underlying projections. Well, please be noted that 1w IV skews of NZDUSD have been stretched on either side (refer above nutshell,...

Fundamentals to watch out for this week

Nov 05, 2018 09:17 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

In terms of volatility risks, this week is extremely heavy with political events, as well as central bank decisions. What to watch for over the coming days: Central Banks: Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will...

Fed Hike aftermath Series: Hike probabilities over coming meetings

Nov 05, 2018 05:33 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

FOMC increased interest rates in March, June and in September. Increased its forecast from three rate hikes in 2018 to four rate hikes. September decision was unanimous. Current Federal funds rate - 200-225 bps (Note, all...

Riksbank October minutes indicate rate hike timing uncertain, but may hike in December

Nov 02, 2018 12:56 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The minutes of Riksbanks October meeting indicate that the first rate hikes timing remains undecided and that the Executive Board is split. Furthermore, the central bank does not appear to be confident about the inflation...