Central Banking Series

Central Bank of Russia surprisingly cuts key interest rate by 50 bps

Apr 28, 2017 17:55 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The Central Bank of Russia surprisingly lowered its key interest rate today by 50 basis points. This was a real test of the central banks independence as there has been major pressure from authorities in Russia pushing for...

FxWirePro: Bulls in bullion receive gift-wrapped headlines but higher USTs likely to ruin the party

Apr 28, 2017 13:29 pm UTC| Central Banks

Just last week, as it seemed like the month-long precious metals rally was potentially topping out, both metals received another boost courtesy of President Trump whose remarks that the US dollar was getting too strong...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: Stay bullish Swedish Krona against EUR outright (raised spot) and NZD via vanilla put

Apr 28, 2017 10:45 am UTC| Central Banks

Growth and inflation data remain at odds in Sweden. Growth has been running at 4% annualized pace for the last two-quarters and the manufacturing PMI is the highest globally at a heady 65.2 (services at 61.3), yet the...

FxWirePro: The Day Ahead- 28th April 2017

Apr 28, 2017 05:18 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

Lots of economic dockets and events scheduled for today and some with high volatility risks associated. Data released so far: Australia: Producer price inflation grew by 1.3 percent in the first quarter from a...

Central Banking Series

Riksbank keeps repo rate on hold, hints at longer period of loose monetary policy

Apr 27, 2017 19:18 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

As widely expected, the Swedish central bank, Riksbank, kept its repo rate on hold at -0.50 percent. However, the banks report contained certain surprises hinting at a loose monetary policy for an even longer period, noted...

FxWirePro: What to expect from ECB ahead?

Apr 27, 2017 10:42 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Today European Central Bank (ECB) is to provide further guidance in policy meet. Result to be announced at 11:45 GMT, followed by a press conference at 12:30 GMT. The meeting is to be held in Frankfurt. Current policy...

Central Bank of Russia likely to continue cautious monetary easing, hitting 8.50 pct by end-2017: Dankse Bank

Apr 27, 2017 10:25 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) is expected to cut the key rate by 25 basis points to 9.50 percent, as does consensus, at its monetary policy meeting scheduled to be held on April 28. CBR governor Elvira Nabiullina...