monetary policy

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 Australian Dollar emerged on tops last week as the currency gained nearly 1.21% against the Greenback. The gains in the Aussie came as the economy posted a strong jobs report which saw the unemployment rate decline sharply from 6.2% to…
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The US Dollar cemented its position as the strongest currency on the back of interest rate/monetary policy divergence. With the Fed now increasingly likely to hike rates in December, Friday's stellar jobs report has made the December rate…
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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 Reserve Bank of Australia is due to meet early tomorrow for its monthly monetary policy review. The decision for the interest rates at tomorrow's meeting is likely to be a very close call as recent inflation numbers could see the RBA…
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The USD/JPY major closed last week with a spike, reaching down to 120.30, but recovering a part towards the 120.65 area. The come-back was due to the bullish tone in the JPY, although the knee-jerk reaction was brought by the BOJ's (Bank of…
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Last week saw the markets return to the main fundamental theme of monetary policy divergence. Just a few weeks after the ECB announced its intentions for further expanding the QE program at the December meeting, the Federal Reserve sent a…
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The Australian dollar turned out to be the weakest currency last week as weak inflation numbers saw the Aussie being sold off ahead of the RBA's meeting the coming week. While expectations remain for the RBA to hold rates steady, there is a…
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The last week of October saw a lot of major events taking place, mostly in the likes of the Central bank decisions which has continued to keep the markets uncertain and volatile therefore. The US Federal Reserve, the Reserve Bank of New…
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The US Dollar managed to emerge on the top last week led by steep losses in the Euro, which closed the week -2.96% lower. The ECB's willingness to expand its QE program led the Euro to drop in anticipation of further QE to be announced in…
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