Currency War Series

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Should BOJ intervene in Yen?

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...

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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....

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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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Downside risks to New Zealand inflation outlook likely to keep RBNZ under pressure

Mar 23, 2016 11:25 am UTC| Central Banks

New Zealands economy expanded more than expected in the fourth quarter of 2015, but the tepid inflation picture suggests more rate cuts from the central bank. New Zealands GDP rose a seasonally adjusted 0.9 percent in Q4...

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Growth and policy divergences among EM-DM drive divergent moves in currencies

Mar 22, 2016 11:51 am UTC| Commentary

The Emerging Market (EM) has been underperforming the Developed Market since the EMU debt crisis and persistent divergence between the business cycles in both the regions has been a central feature of this economic...

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Hungary's MNB to use unconventional tools at policy meet tomorrow, rate cut unlikely

Mar 21, 2016 15:00 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The huge risk of missing inflation targets is likely to trigger additional monetary easing, at first from the Hungarian central bank at tomorrows meet (Tue, 22nd Mar). The MNB might tweak and/or deploy unconventional...

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Further easing from BoJ likely at April meeting

Mar 21, 2016 12:27 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The Bank of Japan last week left its major monetary policies unchanged but downgraded its view of the economy, opening the door to further action in the months ahead. Japans consumer price inflation remains stuck far below...