by Ryan Littlestone | February 7th, 2019, 10:51:24 | BOE
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...
by Ryan Littlestone | January 29th, 2019, 11:58:36 | Central Banks, Fed, FOMC
The market endured nearly three years of trying to gauge when the Fed would end QE and tighten policy yet it’s taken less than two months for it to start pricing in rate cuts Going in to December, there’s was a zero chance seen of a rate cut in 2019. On...
by Ryan Littlestone | January 24th, 2019, 11:54:01 | Central Banks, ECB
Trading preview of the ECB’s January 2019 governing council meeting 24 January 2019 A double-bubble preview today from both K-man and myself. K-Man The chances for a change in policy are virtually zero. 3 things to look out for. The next staff projections are expected...
by Ryan Littlestone | January 22nd, 2019, 15:16:25 | Central Banks, ECB
A preview of Thursday’s ECB meeting from Livesquawk ECB Set To Hold Rates Steady Central Bankers Expected To Maintain Forward Guidance Concerns About Flagging EZ Economy Likely A Main Focus Economic indicators released in the weeks following the last council...
by Ryan Littlestone | January 9th, 2019, 13:35:36 | News
Time to gear up for the Bank of Canada decision The easy bit first. Expectations for any action today are very low. What might be surprising is that the odds for a hike are zero, yet the odds for a cut stand between 11-15% (between RTRS and BBG models). This is...