FxWirePro: Edge over CNY rates from bearish FI markets, a glimpse over repo-IRS and NDIRS

Apr 27, 2017 08:59 am UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views

Concerns over ongoing and potentially intensified de-leveraging efforts in China keeps the onshore CNY bond market bearish. The PBoC rolled over MLF last week. However, the further lengthening in the duration of the...

Central Banking Series

BOJ monetary policy: Assessing future bias

Apr 27, 2017 05:49 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. Lets look at the current monetary policies, Bank of Japan had already shifted...

FxWirePro: The Day Ahead- 27th April 2017

Apr 27, 2017 05:01 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: Export prices grew by 9.4 percent in the first quarter, while import prices...

CBT hikes late liquidity window by 50 bps, keeps key interest rate on hold

Apr 26, 2017 16:29 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The Central Bank of Turkey surprisingly raised its late liquidity window lending rate today by 50 basis points to 12.25 percent. Almost all of this will feed through to the average interest rate that banks pay for central...

BOJ monetary policy preview

Apr 26, 2017 12:38 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Bank of Japan (BOJ) will announce its monetary policy decisions tomorrow sometime in early Asian hours, probably around 2:00 GMT, followed by a press conference from governor Kuroda. Current monetary policy Last...

Central Banking Series

BoJ likely to keep monetary policy unchanged at Thursday’s meeting, says Danske Bank

Apr 26, 2017 08:10 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is expected to keep its benchmark policy unchanged at the 2-day monetary policy meeting, scheduled to be concluded on April 27. This means that the BoJ will maintain its QQE and YCC with a target...

FxWirePro: Uphold AUD/NZD call flies amid tepid IVs ahead of more dovish RBA

Apr 26, 2017 07:30 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views

RBAs monetary policy meeting is scheduled on May 2nd; Aprils central banks board meeting minutes has been more dovish than previous months. 1Q CPI next weeks focus; we forecast headline at 0.6% q/q and core at 0.4%...