FxWirePro: BoE’s Gov Mark Carney likely to hold vigilant stance on revised forecasts and fintech implications

Apr 20, 2017 05:37 am UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views

BoE governor Mark Carney is scheduled to deliver a speech, usually, as head of the central bank, which controls short-term interest rates, he has more influence over the nations currency value than any other person....

ECB'S VILLEROY SAYS IT IS CLEAR THAT THE CURRENT MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT DOES NOT CALL FOR A RECALIBRATION

Apr 19, 2017 17:31 pm UTC| Central Banks

The USD/CAD pair rose on Wednesday as fall in oil prices and stronger greenback across the board weighted on the commodity-linked Canadian dollar. Oil slid more than 1 percent on Wednesday after U.S. data showed a...

FxWirePro: UK economy backed by macro factors but domestic consumption still fragile, Are GBP OTC signals justifiable?

Apr 19, 2017 11:51 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks

The UK has been entering a phase of relative growth underperformance. A stronger global backdrop is benefiting the UK, prompting us to revise up 2017 GDP growth this week. But the fundamentals driving domestic demand...

Bank Negara Malaysia to look through inflation surge, likely to hold key policy rate at 3 percent

Apr 19, 2017 11:49 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks

Malaysias consumer price inflation hit an eight-year high in March, data released by the Malaysian statistics department showed on Wednesday. Malaysias headline inflation accelerated to 5.1 percent in March, from 4.5...

RBI likely to remain firmly in a neutral mode through 2017 due to sticky core inflation, says ANZ Research

Apr 19, 2017 11:23 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to remain firmly in a neutral mode throughout 2017, owing to sticky core inflation and its focus on meeting its 4 percent CPI inflation target for March 2018. In its April...

Fed Hike Aftermath Series

Fed Hike Aftermath Series: Hike odds slip as treasuries gain

Apr 19, 2017 06:53 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

As expected, the US Federal Reserve hiked interest rate by 25 basis points in its March meeting. However, as the geopolitical tensions rise around the world and inflation readings came weaker than expected in March, the...

FxWirePro: The Day Ahead- 19th April 2017

Apr 19, 2017 05:04 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

Not many economic dockets and events scheduled for today and all with low to medium volatility risks associated. Data released so far: Australia: Westpac leading index grew by 0.1 percent in March. New motor...