Inflation

Bank of Japan surprised the markets today by introducing negative interest rate policy. The Central Bank is expected to change interest for excess reserves for financial institutions which park their funds at the BoJ. A rate of -0.10% will…
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The first trading week of the year 2016 got off to a rocky start with China at the epicenter. On the 1st of January, Chinese manufacturing PMI data was released which posted a flat reading of 49.7, down from 49.6 previously.  The decline…
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On Monday we found out that the Eurozone’s CPI (Consumer Price Index) ticked higher in October, surprising markets for the better. Eurostat’s release puts the 19-nations block’s inflation at 0.1% for the month that has just passed, up from…
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Inflation numbers across the US, UK, Eurozone and Canada form the main theme for this week with the question being whether the Central banks in question will ignore the current deflationary pressures as being a temporary weakness and…
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The markets are all about the BoE today as the Central Bank meets in an hour from now. The BoE monetary policy announcement will be followed by the release of the MPC minutes and the quarterly inflation report. Continuing global economic…
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The European Central Bank meets today for its monetary policy review with the biggest question being whether the ECB will expand its QE purchase program beyond 2016. Nearly 10 months after the ECB announced its massive bond purchase program…
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Consumer price inflation in the world's second largest economy showed continued weakness as prices rose 1.2% in the month of May. Producer price index for the month showed a continued decline of -4.6% for the month of May. With growth…
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The European Central Bank will be convening today for its monthly monetary policy setting meeting and going by last month's press conference, it is quite likely that today's event will see no major shifts from the Central Bank as far as…
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