Swiss National Bank maintains expansionary monetary policy, willing to intervene against CHF strength

Sep 15, 2016 09:19 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The Swiss National Bank is maintaining its expansionary monetary policy. The central bank kept the interest on sight deposits unchanged at -0.75 percent, while the target band for the three-month Libor was maintained at...

SNB monetary policy: Assessing future bias

Sep 15, 2016 09:06 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) in its monetary policy meeting today decided to maintain its current expansionary monetary policy, which basically means Interest on sight deposits at the SNB will remain at 0.75% and...

FxWirePro: GBP/CHF OTC noises with crazily spiking IVs ahead of BOE and SNB - Risk averse can prefer “Debit Call Spreads”

Sep 15, 2016 07:16 am UTC| Central Banks

The UK labour market figures for the 3 months to July continue to paint a benign picture broadly maintaining previous pre-referendum trends. The unemployment rate held at 4.9%, as expected, a low level at which capacity...

SNB Monetary Policy: Likely no action again

Sep 15, 2016 07:06 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Swiss National Bank will announce its monetary policy decisions at 7:30 GMT today. Economic conditions Switzerland GDP is around $ 665 billion and GDP growth remains moderate. As of latest, GDP grew by 0.6...

Russian central bank likely to lower key rate by 50bp on Friday

Sep 15, 2016 06:35 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The Central Bank of Russia is due to announce its monetary policy decision tomorrow during its meeting, where it is likely to lower its benchmark rate by 50 basis points that might have a tad of a negative impact on the...

Renminbi Series: China goes to holiday with rates elevated

Sep 15, 2016 05:56 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

China has gone to holidays with the offshore rate elevated way over normal. Today and tomorrow are holidays in China over Mid-Autumn festival. Peoples Bank of China (PBoC) has a history of intervening in the offshore rates...

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Reserve Bank independence: sobering lessons from India and South Africa

Sep 15, 2016 00:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks

Two BRICS member countries, India and South Africa, have recently experienced rather unedifying episodes related to the leadership of their central banks. Raghuram Rajan, the governor of the Reserve Bank of India, was...