monetary policy

Vice Chair Stanley Fischer / U.S. Government Work The Jackson Hole Symposium is an annual event for central bankers and finance heads from around the world. Many major policy decisions were informally announced here, making it one of the…
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Summary: Gold prices post modest gains but price action seen flat Next week's Janet Yellen speech and US GDP revision will be the key catalyst for gold Markets doubtful of a September rate hike, as FOMC minutes, fail to provide…
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The Fed's FOMC meeting minutes were released yesterday from the July 26 - 27 FOMC meeting where interest rates were left unchanged. The minutes showed that many voting members of the FOMC expect to see higher interest rates soon, but the…
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Market Summary Japan GDP growth in Q2 stays flat BoJ lowers CPI, based on new base year and formula BoE’s Chief economist, Andy Haldane defends central bank’s policies European markets quiet on account of regional bank…
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Market Summary RBNZ lowers OCR by 25bps to 2.0% NZD unmoved by RBNZ’s “timid” rate cut French CPI confirmed at -0.40% in July 2016 Oil prices extends losses on build up in weekly oil inventory US jobless claims below 270…
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The markets opened to a new trading month this week with Monday seeing global manufacturing PMI's as traders kept an eye on the RBA and Bank of England monetary policy decisions. In China, manufacturing and services PMI was mixed as the…
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Market Summary Australia retail sales rise less than forecast at 0.10% in June Yen stays muted to BoJ officials' comments on monetary policy assessment Chicago Fed Evans says one more rate hike in 2016 is appropriate Bank of…
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After closing the week before as the top performing currency, the US dollar fell against its peers turning out to be the weakest currency for the week ending July 29. The dollar turned weaker after the FOMC statement failed to convince…
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Bank of Japan expands ETF buying to ¥6 trillion, from ¥3 trillion Bond purchases unchanged at an annual pace of ¥80 trillion Interest rates left unchanged at -0.10% After weeks of hype, speculation, and rumors, the markets were…
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The US dollar fell against its peers on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve's policy statement saw the markets reassess the rate hike expectations over the coming months. The ICE Futures US dollar index fell 0.38% on the day, closing at…
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