by Ryan Littlestone | January 5th, 2018, 22:01:43 | Central Banks, ECB, Fed, FOMC
The US Fed has released transcripts from their 2012 policy meetings The Fed release the transcripts from their meetings with a 5 year delay and today we’ve had the 2012 notes. Here’s some of the highlights; Ben Bernanke said Mario Draghi was “playing...
by Ryan Littlestone | December 13th, 2017, 16:19:27 | News
Hawkish, dovish, bullish or bearish, you decide We’re into that stage of the day where we’re watching paint dry in the run up to the Fed, so how about a little poll? Take Our Poll I’m in the dump club unless we get some really hawkish messages about...
by K-man | November 21st, 2017, 23:27:08 | Central Banks, Fed
In conversation with Mervyn King in Nyk Must keep an open mind and not be trapped by forecast During tenure, engaged in fundamental rethink of way the economy works Markets have proven a little bit ahead of us in revising down longer run normal interest rate in...
by Ryan Littlestone | November 14th, 2017, 11:32:14 | BOE, BOJ, Central Banks, ECB, Fed
Into some Q&A First question is on central bank leaks. Carney BOE meetings are not leaked Yellen Leaks would violate Fed confidentiality rules Fed does try to prepare markets for policy decisions
by Ryan Littlestone | October 26th, 2017, 12:08:38 | Central Banks, Fed
Wires reporting Politico with that gem That’s given the buck a lift and helped the euro through yesterdays lows and down to 1.1742. USDJPY has ticked up to 113.86.