Why has CBRT remained unchanged in monetary policy stance?
Apr 21, 2016 06:45 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Turkish central bank (Central Bank of Republic Turkey) left its benchmark one-week repo rate unchanged at 7.5% on April 20th, as widely expected, saying it will maintain the tight monetary policy stance considering the...
G-20 reaffirms previous exchange rate commitments, warns against reliance on low interest rates
Apr 18, 2016 15:54 pm UTC| Commentary Economy
The G-20 countries reaffirmed their previous exchange rate commitments, including that they will refrain from competitive devaluations and they will not target their exchange rates for competitive purposes. The worlds top...
Apr 14, 2016 15:37 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Thursday, surprised the market by loosening its monetary policy. The central bank set a target of a zero per cent currency appreciation, and said that this change of stance was...
Watch out for key commentaries to assess intervention in Yen
Apr 12, 2016 08:57 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
One of the biggest risks facing Yen is the risk of intervention from Bank of Japan (BOJ), which even if fades in medium term, may lead to heavy loss in the near term. While Bank of Japan (BOJ) doesnt indicate, when it may...
Apr 08, 2016 06:49 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
We at FxWirePro, think they should not. Even if they still do, it may not yield the result they are looking for. Reasons being simple According to G20 agreement, currency intervention to exploit trade benefits...
RBI likely to lower rate next week
Mar 30, 2016 07:57 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Reserve Bank of India, in its policy guidance, takes in inflationary expectations along with headline/core inflation. Inflationary expectations continued to increase during the central banks survey in December 2015....
Riksbank likely to extend QE in April
Mar 28, 2016 07:03 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
In Q4, the Swedish economy expanded 4.5% y/y. Around half a percentage point came from migration, according to SCB. However, everything, such as net exports, private consumption and investments, particularly construction,...
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