Central Banks

A huge amount of market moves revolves around the interest rate policies of national central banks. Here you can read and search for all the latest and historical news from global central banks and their armies of chattering governing members.

ECB’s historical QE program goes out with a whimper

by Ryan Littlestone | December 13th, 2018, 14:32:38 | Central Banks, ECB, News | 0 Comments

Highlights of the ECB press conference following the December 2018 ECB governing council meeting 13 December 2018 Opening remarks; Incoming data were weaker than expected Weaker data reflects softer external demands Inflation will continue to converge after buying...

ECB leaves interest rates unchanged and confirms the end of QE

by Ryan Littlestone | December 13th, 2018, 12:47:53 | Central Banks, ECB, News | 0 Comments

Details from the December 2018 ECB governing council meeting 13 December 2018 Main interest rate 0.0% Deposit rate -0.40% Marginal lending rate 0.25% Notes; Will reinvest for an extended period and passed a rate increase Expects rates to remain at their present levels...

ECB trading preview: The end of the road but not the journey

by Ryan Littlestone | December 13th, 2018, 11:07:23 | Central Banks, ECB, News | 16 Comments

Here's what to look for from the ECB Today marks the end of the ECB’s QE program, sort of. By the end of this month they would have racked up nearly $3tn in government and corporate assets. Has it been a success? That’s a very open question but one we don’t need to...

Dec Fed hike odds tumble further and the path for 2019 is becoming overgrown with weeds

by Ryan Littlestone | December 6th, 2018, 17:04:10 | Central Banks, Fed | 0 Comments

After today's economic data (which wasn't that bad), there's been a big shift in Fed expectations We've had quite a change in the hike odds since the data today. BBG sees Dec at 61.0% vs 72.4% pre-data. RTRS is now 70.4% vs 75.6% prior. The bigger story is that the...

Bank of Canada leaves interest rate unchanged at 1.75%

by K-man | December 5th, 2018, 15:04:14 | Bank of Canada, Central Banks | 0 Comments

BOC monetary policy decision on 05.12.2018 Inflation may be rising slower than expected. Rate pace to be influenced by trade policy, rate sensitivity and oil prices. Expect less growth momentum in Q4. Appropriate rate path depends on "number of factors. A dovish...

Here’s a trade for the big December central bank meetings

by Ryan Littlestone | November 23rd, 2018, 16:32:42 | Central Banks, ECB, Fed, Video | 0 Comments

With two decisive central bank meetings in December I had a look at a potential trading strategy December is going to be a big month for two central banks particularly. The ECB is looking to end QE and the Fed is set to give us the fourth hike of 2018. In some...

Can Banxico fix what the Labrador is breaking?

by K-man | November 14th, 2018, 15:28:47 | Central Banks | 0 Comments

Tomorrow's Mexico CB interest rate preview on 14.11.2018. Good FT piece(Mexico AMLO vs financial markets.) on the context that lead to the MXN selloff we're seeing. We've mentioned most of them along the road, but I must admit the confidence investors put into...

US FOMC leaves interest rates unchanged at 2.00% – 2.25%

by Ryan Littlestone | November 8th, 2018, 19:03:39 | Central Banks, Fed, FOMC, News, US | 0 Comments

Details from the November 2018 US Fed FOMC monetary policy meeting 8 November 2018 Prior rate 2.00% -2.25% November 8, 2018 Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in September indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and...

This is the only FOMC preview you need to read today

by Ryan Littlestone | November 8th, 2018, 17:16:04 | Fed, FOMC, News | 1 Comment

It's the November FOMC meeting today, here's what to expect Here's how to trade tonight's FOMC. Read this: BBG hike odds 13.4% RTRS hike odds 5.8% 2. Do this; In all seriousness, there is very little expectation for this one, with the market baking in the...

RBNZ leaves interest rate unchanged at 1.75%

by K-man | November 7th, 2018, 20:07:53 | Central Banks, RBNZ | 3 Comments

RBNZ monetary policy decision on 07.11.2018 RBNZ sees average OCR at 1.75% in Q1 2020, 1.81% in Q2 2020, 1.88% in Q3 2020, 1.96% in Q4 2020. RBNZ SAYS EXPECTS TO KEEP THE OCR AT THIS LEVEL THROUGH 2019 AND INTO 2020...

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