Mar 12, 2015 11:27 am UTC| Insights & Views
European Central Bank (ECB) has taken unprecedented steps to ease monetary policy through asset purchase for the first time in history to fight deflation. From 9th march 2015, it started to purchase securities worth 60...
FED hike – Dual mandate perspective
Mar 12, 2015 10:40 am UTC| Insights & Views
Federal Reserve has a dual mandate; price stability and maximum employment. The chart is prepared in FRED dashboard of St. Louis FED. How each mandate stands? Price stability - Probability of deflation has diminished...
Central bankers’ dilemma and actions in 2015 (emerging economies)
Mar 12, 2015 10:02 am UTC| Insights & Views
Two major issues have gripped central bankers all over the world in 2015. Kindly note all mentioned actions are of 2015 only. Competitive devaluation - Devaluation of currencies through policy actions are reducing...
Mar 12, 2015 09:02 am UTC| Insights & Views
Dollar index is of value of US dollar relative to a basket of currencies such as Euro, Yen, Pound, Canadian dollar, Swedish Krona and Swiss franc. Today dollar index sniffed at the 100 level after its fall from the...
BOE dilemma - UK trade balance edition
Mar 12, 2015 08:30 am UTC| Insights & Views
UK trade balance data to be published at 9:30 GMT today. UK trade balance so far continued its dismal performance and todays data may not be any exception. In December trade balance was -2.9 billion. So far, Pound...
Guide to today’s important data and events
Mar 12, 2015 07:40 am UTC| Insights & Views
Today event risks are high across board. Focus is on US data. Data released so far - UK - RICS House price index improved by 14% compared to previous 7%. Australia - Unemployment rate dropped by 0.1% to 6.3%....
Mar 11, 2015 16:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Selloffs continue in Energy segment as a whole though performance is diverging in todays trading. Weekly performance at a glance in chart table - Oil (WTI) - WTI lost grounds after inventory report from EIA showed...
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