Central Banking Series

Central Banking Series

Central Banking Series

National Bank of Hungary likely to stay on hold, following improvement in inflation figures

Nov 21, 2016 10:35 am UTC| Central Banks

The National Bank of Hungary is expected to remain on hold, following considerable improvement in inflation numbers The central bank can be satisfied that money market interest rates remain low on the one hand, and...

Central Banking Series

Central Banking Series

Central Banking Series

CBT may consider to raise rates by 50-100bps this week, says Commerzbank

Nov 21, 2016 09:43 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The central bank of Turkey is expected to raise rates by 50-100 basis points in the monetary policy meeting scheduled this week, in contrast to a no change in the benchmark interest rate forecast revealed earlier,...

Central Banking Series

Central Banking Series

Central Banking Series

Riksbank ready to further ease policy again should inflation outlook be at risk, says Commerzbank

Nov 21, 2016 08:30 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The Swedish central bank, Riksbank has reacted to the recently disappointing inflation print and in its October meeting hinted at its willingness to further ease monetary policy. It is worried that inflation would take...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: EUR/JPY bulls bet ahead of Draghi’s speech, surveys gain solid momentum but skepticism still lingers – Rosy times for hedgers to bid put writings

Nov 21, 2016 07:52 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis

Euro area composite PMI post a solid gain in October, signaling 1.8% ar GDP growth. Improvement was broad-based by sector and countryand was reinforced by IFO and EC surveys Last weeks Q316 flash GDP prints an...

Fundamentals to watch out for this week

Nov 21, 2016 06:45 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

Compared to last week, this week is less risk heavy due to lack of high profile events or data. However, there are few events and releases this week, which could add some serious volatility in the market. What to watch...

FxWirePro: The Day Ahead- 21st November, 2016

Nov 21, 2016 03:27 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

Few economic dockets scheduled for today and all with low to medium risks associated. Upcoming: Japan: All industry activity index for September will be published at 4:30 GMT. Greece: Current account...

No rolling back on eurozone bank sector regulation – ECB’s Draghi

Nov 18, 2016 14:33 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

At his speech at the European Banking Congress, Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank, said the time has come to end the regulatory bank agenda, adding that there should be no rolling back on bank...