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.

Is the ECB stealth hiking or not?

by Ryan Littlestone | March 27th, 2019, 14:15:25 | Central Banks, ECB | 0 Comments

The Reuters ECB story has sparked a big discussion in our trading room As per the earlier report, the ECB are apparently looking to tier the deposit rate, effectively giving cashback to banks. That's got EU banking shares up as it means a boost to profits, and it has...

The ten days dive into the unknown.

by K-man | March 23rd, 2019, 17:33:22 | BOJ, Japan, News | 0 Comments

A Japanese Emperor change is coming. Hi all, I needed to read this FT article a few times to make sure I got it right. Japan will virtually be out for TEN DAYS when Emperor Akihito will abdicate and be replaced by his son Naruhito. From 27th April ongoing, that's a...

The vikings are back. Watch your EURNOK!

by K-man | March 21st, 2019, 21:33:16 | Central Banks, Technical Analysis | 0 Comments

Norges Bank stands tall and raises rates. It was expected, they delivered. But they delivered much more than just a 25 bps expected rate hike from 0.75% to 1%. They steepened the rate path by bringing forward the next expected rate hike from Q3 2019 to June and...

Forex Trading Preview – Carney to fire up the BOE can machine

by Ryan Littlestone | March 21st, 2019, 11:38:41 | BOE, Central Banks | 0 Comments

It's the BOE's turn to announce its latest monetary policy stance 21 March 2019 A pretty quick BOE preview because I don't think there's going to be much coming from them. Expect Largely a repeat of the last meeting and inflation report Focus is on risks like trade,...

Forex Trading Preview: Knowing what the market thinks is the key to trading tonight’s FOMC meeting

by Ryan Littlestone | March 20th, 2019, 15:03:12 | Central Banks, Fed, FOMC, News, Technical Analysis | 0 Comments

It's FOMC time and the market is going to be on the hunt for clues from Fed's Powell All the previews in the world that come and go over these events can usually all be summed up in one metric. For the Fed, the FFR rate probabilities is one of the best. The market is...

Forex trading preview – How to trade the BOC

by Ryan Littlestone | March 6th, 2019, 11:55:41 | Bank of Canada, Central Banks | 0 Comments

Forex trading preview ahead of the Bank of Canada monetary policy decision 6 March 2019 Trading today's BOC decision is a question of judging expectations. CAD has been on the slide since the GDP report and I'm wondering whether it's gone too far because the market...

It’s Poloz “loose hands” time!

by K-man | March 6th, 2019, 11:25:41 | Bank of Canada, Central Banks, Technical Analysis | 0 Comments

06.03.2019 Bank of Canada preview. In short, there should be no change in monetary policy, the current conditions are expected roughly balanced between a good job market and the weaker GDP . But that's where it ends. Where we had an upbeat picture painted by Poloz and...

Trading preview – The BOE will remain stuck in limbo

by Ryan Littlestone | February 7th, 2019, 10:51:24 | BOE | 0 Comments

GBP trading preview of the Bank of England monetary policy meeting 7 February 2019 Once more we delve into the minds of the central bankers as the BOE is up today. Once again we're faced with little to no expectations for the meeting. BBG see zero chance of a policy...

FOMC leaves monetary policy unchanged.

by K-man | January 30th, 2019, 19:06:24 | Central Banks, Fed, FOMC | 0 Comments

Federal reserve interest rate decision 30.01.2019 Removes the reference to "further gradual " interest rates increases. Also prepared to adjust balance sheet normalisation. Holds rates, pledges patience on future moves. To continue with current floor approach to...

The big tournament week for the AUD starts tonight.

by K-man | January 29th, 2019, 19:57:04 | Australia, Economic Data, RBA, Technical Analysis | 0 Comments

Getting ready for potentially serious moves The week starting tonight has the potential to show us the direction for AUD, and probably NZD in the distance, for a decent amount of time. It starts with the CPI tonight, we're going to have credit and housing data on...

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