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Usually, when a central banker ends his tenure, he goes on to a relatively quiet life of consulting in the private sector and academia. Former ECB President Trichet, for example, has remained mostly out of the public eye. Ben Bernanke…
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The European Central Bank will be holding its monetary policy meeting this week on Thursday. This will be the last monetary policy meeting for Mario Draghi. Draghi was instrumental in steering the eurozone through the major global…
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The week will see a continuation of various economic reports and scheduled speeches by central bankers which will continue to keep the markets busy. The events that stand out include the meeting minutes from the Federal Reserve and the…
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Traders will be looking to a somewhat quiet week. Besides the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s monetary policy meeting, there aren’t that many market-moving events. A host of economic reports will, however, keep traders busy. Data…
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There's a pretty strong consensus in the markets that something will come out of the ECB monetary policy meeting tomorrow. The question that will move the markets is: what? There are quite a few potential measures that the ECB could…
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The week started off on good footing for the euro on Monday, supported by economic developments as well as monetary policy expectations. Dollar, on the other hand, kicked this week's trading session off on a rather weak footing despite…
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The European Central Bank will be holding its monetary policy meeting later today in Frankfurt. The meeting will be crucial, considering that the ECB President Mario Draghi hinted at further easing a month ago. The monetary policy…
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After a quiet start to the week, the markets were treated to two major themes on Tuesday. Equities posted some gains after reports that President Trump will be meeting with Chinese Premier Xi on the sidelines of the G-20 summit. There is…
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The economic calendar for the week ahead will start off a new trading month. Focus shifts to the important economic indicators for the month of May. These will shed light on how the global economy has fared amid a lot of uncertainties in…
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The European Central bank will be holding its monetary policy meeting tomorrow. President Mario Draghi and the governing council will be keeping monetary policy unchanged. This comes as the central bank announced policy changes at the…
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