FxWirePro: Spot Swiss Franc’s bearishness perhaps, but not foolishness amid adamance between ECB and SNB - Smart directional hedging for EUR/CHF and USD/CHF risks

Dec 26, 2017 12:39 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views

EURCHF depends on euro direction. The EURCHF finally managed to break above the 1.12 ceiling over the summer as it was carried aloft by the broad euro rally. Currently, flying on to multi-month highs, further advances will...

FxWirePro: A bid adieu to 2017 and roadmap ahead for 2018

Dec 26, 2017 10:04 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks

There is no doubt what is right at the top of the future Fed chair Jerome Powells wish list for Father Christmas. Exactly the same that his predecessor Janet Yellen had probably already asked for the previous year:...

FxWirePro: Stay short hedge in EUR/CZK on hawkish CNB in Q1’2018

Dec 22, 2017 12:50 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views

The Czech central bank (CNB) maintained status quo in its monetary policy, key rate was unchanged at 0.50% yesterday as widely anticipated. In an initial reaction, the koruna eased slightly as some market participants had...

FxWirePro: The Day Ahead- 22nd December 2017

Dec 22, 2017 04:53 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Not many economic data and events scheduled for today, but some with high volatility risks associated. Upcoming: Germany: November import price inflation report will be released at 7:00 GMT. GFK consumer...

Europe Roundup: Euro slides but EUROSTOXX still edgy, DXY eases as BoJ maintain status quo - Thursday, December 21st, 2017

Dec 21, 2017 12:22 pm UTC| Market Roundups Insights & Views Central Banks

Market Roundup EUR/USD 0.05% up, USD/JPY 0.24% up, GBP/USD up about 0.10%, EUR/GBP down by 0.03% DXY 0.02%, DAX 0.03%, FTSE -0.13%, CAC -0.4%, IBEX -0.3%, Brent -0.48%, Gold -0.05% BOJ maintains policy steady as...

FxWirePro: Knock-in spreads to tackle positive correlation between USD/JPY and yen rates

Dec 21, 2017 08:53 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views

The Japanese central bank (BoJ) left its expansionary monetary policy unchanged in its statement. What matters more is the message that BoJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda delivered at the press conference. Many observers had...

BOJ monetary policy: Assessing future bias

Dec 21, 2017 07:47 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

At todays meeting, policymakers at the Bank of Japan (BoJ) kept the policy unchanged, and the benchmark interest rate at -0.1 percent in 8-1 votes. Lets look at the current monetary policies, Bank of Japan had...