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ECB to Hold Rates Steady for Some Time
Fundamental Analysis | Jul 02 09 18:01 GMT
Today's decision by the European Central Bank to leave its key policy interest rates unchanged was universally expected. That is not to say that the policy outlook is completely clear cut. Today's sur...
Central Banks ECB
ECB: Steady as She Goes
Fundamental Analysis | Jul 02 09 15:20 GMT
As expected, the ECB left interest rates unchanged in July at 1.00% and provided very few changes to their outlook for inflation and the Eurozone economy. The only notable change in language was the d...
Central Banks ECB
An Uneventful ECB Meeting: Keeping Interest Rate Unchanged With No New Measures
Action Insight | Jul 02 09 15:18 GMT
As expected, ECB keeps its main refinancing rate unchanged at 1% for the second month as policymakers believed current rates are 'appropriate. At the same time, no news measures of any other kinds wer...
Central Banks ECB
ECB Press Conference Analysis
Fundamental Analysis | Jul 02 09 15:15 GMT
At the ECB press conference, held after the announcement to hold the minimum bid rate at 1%, as expected, Mr. Trichet re-iterated on Thursday the same messages as in the last few press conferences. Th...
Central Banks ECB
ECB Meeting: No New Weapons on the Battlefield
Fundamental Analysis | Jul 02 09 14:36 GMT
The refinancing rate was unchanged at 1.0% as expected. Trichet did not signal that further rate cuts are in the pipeline, although he did again say that the governing council had not decided that 1% ...
Central Banks ECB
ECB Likely on Hold for Some Time
Fundamental Analysis | Jul 01 09 19:46 GMT
The ECB will hold their next monetary policy meeting on Thursday, July 2. The ECB elected to hold rate policy unchanged in June. Since the financial crisis started last September the ECB has cut inter...
Central Banks ECB
BOJ's Quarterly Tankan Survey: Improvement Seen but Failed to Alleviate Recession Worries
Action Insight | Jul 01 09 05:40 GMT
Japan's quarterly Tankan survey showed improved, but lower than expected, sentiment in large corporations while small firms continued to struggle in June. The brightest spots were the decline in 'inve...
Central Banks BOJ
ECB Preview: It Could be a Non-Event
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 30 09 16:15 GMT
We are reasonably sure that the ECB will keep the refinancing rate unchanged at 1% at its meeting on Thursday. The flash inflation for June released today showed that inflation is now in negative terr...
Central Banks ECB
ECB Awaiting Impact Monetary Easing Decisions
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 30 09 10:48 GMT
Following the drastic easing in monetary conditions since October last year, the ECB governing council has entered a wait-and-see stance. As such, we expect no new monetary policy initiatives at the J...
Central Banks ECB
US: Fed Extends Liquidity Facilities
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 26 09 09:03 GMT
The Federal Reserve issued a press release yesterday evening announcing extensions and some modifications to a number of its liquidity facilities. In general, the interest for taking out liquidity thr...
Central Banks Fed
USA: Fed's Deflation Fears are Easing
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 25 09 07:02 GMT
The FOMC decided to leave the fed funds rate at the current target range of 0.00-0.25% and maintain existing targets for purchases of MBS, GSE and Treasuries. There was only a very vague hint concerni...
Central Banks Fed
Gradual Recovery Is Coming: The Fed Keeps Policies Unchanged But Upgrades Outlooks
Action Insight | Jun 25 09 04:48 GMT
The June FOMC meeting ended largely inline with our forecasts though the Fed’s outlook on inflation seemed to be more hawkish than what we anticipated. On the whole, the Fed kept the target range for ...
Central Banks Fed
FOMC: Steady as She Goes
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 24 09 20:13 GMT
As widely expected by the markets, the FOMC kept the fed funds rate steady and renewed its commitment to keep rate low for an extended period of time. The tone and text of the communiqués was virtuall...
Central Banks Fed
FOMC Says Economic Contraction is Slowing
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 24 09 19:34 GMT
The FOMC elected to hold rates unchanged as expected, to maintain the current level of bond purchases and said deflation is no longer a concern. The FOMC said interest rates would remain low for an ex...
Central Banks Fed
Fed Leaves Policy Rate Steady, Presents Slightly More Upbeat Assessment of Economic Outlook
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 24 09 19:31 GMT
The FOMC's statement offered a slightly more upbeat assessment of the economy. While their comments still echoed their April assessment that the outlook for economy has improved, today's statement add...
Central Banks Fed
FOMC Leaves Rates Steady but Signal Economic Weakness to Continue and Rates to Remain Exceptionally
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 24 09 18:49 GMT
The Federal Open Market Committee left the benchmark interest rates steady at the current target range between 0% and 0.25% in a unanimous decision inline with markets expectations, as the ongoing rec...
Central Banks Fed
The Fed Faces a Tough Balancing Act
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 23 09 21:38 GMT
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will meet on June 23rd and 24th. The FOMC is expected to hold rate policy steady and its target range for interest rates unchanged at 0.00-0.25%.The FOMC is al...
Central Banks Fed
Fed Expected To Keep Rates On Hold, But What Is Going To Be In The Statement?
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 23 09 17:46 GMT
On Wednesday, the market expects the Fed to maintain the Federal Funds Rate at 0.25%, but this time the two-day meeting will probably raise more questions than the previous ones. By a huge percentage,...
Central Banks Fed
FOMC: Preview of Policy Meeting
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 22 09 11:14 GMT
We expect the FOMC to talk down the aggressive pricing of rate hikes and reiterate that rates will be held at exceptionally low levels for an extended period. The statement could stress that even thou...
Central Banks Fed
SNB Keeps Target Rate Unchanged, Intervention To Take Place As Needed
Action Insight | Jun 18 09 10:34 GMT
At the accompanying statement, SNB stated although there have been signs of improvements in economy, global environment remains 'unfavorable and further economic deterioration cannot be ruled out'. Co...
Central Banks SNB
SNB Rate Decision June 18th
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 17 09 20:16 GMT
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) will hold its monetary policy meeting on Thursday June 18th.The SNB is expected to hold rate policy steady at 0.00%-0.75%.Recent Swiss economic data confirms deterioratin...
Central Banks SNB
BOE Minutes: Sign of Recovery on the Way
Action Insight | Jun 17 09 11:24 GMT
At the minutes, the MPC members stated that 'the risk of a continued sharp contraction in output in the near-term had receded somewhat' while 'The news over the month had been mostly encouraging. Cond...
Central Banks BOE
Japan: BoJ Slightly More Positive on the Economy
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 16 09 11:19 GMT
Bank of Japan as expected left its leading O/N target rate unchanged at 0.1% in a unanimous decision. No new non-conventional easing measures were announced and the target for the purchase of treasury...
Central Banks BOJ
Japan: Bank of Japan Preview
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 15 09 10:04 GMT
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) today starts its two-day monetary meeting. The bank is expected to announce its decision at around 06:00 CET tomorrow morning. We expect BoJ to leave its leading O/N target rat...
Central Banks BOJ
RBNZ Kept OCR Unchanged At 2.5%, An End To Easing Cycle?
Action Insight | Jun 11 09 05:20 GMT
The RBNZ decided to keep interest rate unchanged, for the first time in a year, at 2.5% after June's meeting as 'there are signs that international economic activity is stabilizing, and international ...
Central Banks RBNZ
US Beige Book: Economy Remains Weak, But Signs of Moderation Emerge
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 10 09 20:12 GMT
The Fed's Beige Book prepared based on data reported prior to June 2 reported that economic conditions remained weak or worsened through May. However five of the Fed districts saw the downward trend i...
Central Banks Fed Economic Data US Data
ECB Meeting: Positive Signals Ignored
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 04 09 16:34 GMT
ECB kept the refinancing rate unchanged at 1.0%. We expect the interest rate to be kept on hold for at least a year. Staff projections for growth were revised downwards - in particular for 2009. The E...
Central Banks ECB
ECB Suggests Enough Has Been Done
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 04 09 16:29 GMT
The build up to today's monthly policy meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank was considerably quieter than has been the norm of late. In part, this reflects the fact that the E...
Central Banks ECB
Bank of Canada Maintains 0.25% Overnight Target While Noting Risks from Loonie Appreciation
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 04 09 15:30 GMT
In its scheduled announcement, the Bank of Canada maintained the overnight target at 0.25%, consistent with its conditional commitment to maintain the rate at its current effective lower bound until a...
Central Banks BOC
ECB and BoE Stand Pat in June
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 04 09 15:27 GMT
Both the European Central Bank and Bank of England decided to leave interest rates and monetary policy generally unchanged at their meetings this morning. The ECB also provided additional information ...
Central Banks ECB BOE
Bank of Canada Maintains "Conditional Commitment" to Hold Policy Rate at 0.25% until Mid-2010
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 04 09 14:08 GMT
As expected, the Bank of Canada left the target for the overnight rate at 25 basis points, the effective lower bound for the policy rate, and did not implement a quantitative easing program. Economic ...
Central Banks BOC
Markets Prepare For ECB and BOE Interest Rate Decisions
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 03 09 12:01 GMT
The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BOE) are expected to keep rates on hold, after reducing the monetary policy stance at a record pace over the past year. Both central banks have...
Central Banks ECB BOE
ECB Enters Wait-and-See Mode
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 03 09 11:43 GMT
At their policy meeting last month, the ECB governing council announced both conventional and unconventional decisions. In line with expectations, the governing council decided to cut the main policy ...
Central Banks ECB
ECB Preview: No Rate Cuts Despite Inflation at 0%
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 03 09 11:06 GMT
We expect the ECB to keep the refinancing rate unchanged at 1% at its next meeting on Thursday. Inflation is now at 0% and will fall to well below zero in the coming months before returning to positiv...
Central Banks ECB
BoC Monetary Policy Monitor
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 02 09 20:41 GMT
Since the last Bank of Canada FAD, two major themes have emerged. First, some economic data has been not as bad as feared. Second, the currency is on a tear. But given the surprisingly transparent com...
Central Banks BOC
Wait and See from the ECB?
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 02 09 20:27 GMT
The ECB policy board meets on Thursday June 4th. At the May ECB policy meeting the ECB lowered interest rates to a historic low of 1% from 1.25%, announced a plan to buy 60 bln EUR in covered bonds an...
Central Banks ECB
RBA Kept Cash Rate Unchanged But Hinted Further Easing
Action Insight | Jun 02 09 07:33 GMT
As widely anticipated by the market, RBA announced to keep interest rate unchanged at 3% for the second month. The most stunning comment by the central bank is that moderation in inflation pressure ma...
Central Banks RBA
The Australian Cash Rate Remains At 3.00%
Fundamental Analysis | Jun 02 09 05:39 GMT
RBA Governor Stevens has stated that the world economy appears to still be very weak even though the credit markets have improved over the last few months. Demand has not weakened as much as in other ...
Central Banks RBA
Japan: Raises its View of the Economy Slightly
Fundamental Analysis | May 22 09 13:01 GMT
In line with expectations, at today's monetary meeting the BoJ decided to leave its leading O/N target rate unchanged at 0.1% in a unanimous decision. In addition, the bank decided to expand the range...
Central Banks BOJ
Japan Overnight Call Rate Remains At 0.10%, Accepts Cross-Border Collateral
Fundamental Analysis | May 22 09 04:06 GMT
The Bank of Japan decided by a unanimous vote to maintain the Overnight Call Rate at 0.10%. 'Having the lowest rate amid industrialized countries, economists argued that the low interest rate will not...
Central Banks BOJ
FOMC: No Discussion of Exit Strategies
Fundamental Analysis | May 20 09 22:18 GMT
The minutes of the FOMC meeting on April 28-29 confirm that committee members remain focused on improving financial market conditions and combating deflation risks. They contained almost no discussion...
Central Banks Fed
Minutes for FOMC Meeting Indicates Higher Unemployment, Deepened Recession
Fundamental Analysis | May 20 09 19:36 GMT
The Federal Reserve Minutes of FOMC meeting was released showing projections of the Federal Reserve governors along with Banks presidents about the future outlook for this year and the upcoming year. ...
Central Banks Fed
Fed Downgrades 2009 Growth Forecast, but Cites Signs of Improvement in Recent Data
Fundamental Analysis | May 20 09 19:25 GMT
The minutes of the April 28-29 FOMC meeting presented a modestly more upbeat assessment on the current state of the economy. Consumer spending activity was noted to have picked up and the housing mark...
Central Banks Fed
U.K. MPC Meeting Minutes Analysis
Fundamental Analysis | May 20 09 09:07 GMT
Financial market sentiment had generally improved during the month. The three-month LIBOR rate had continued to fall, and spreads over risk-free rates had continued to decline. That might have in part...
Central Banks BOE
Australia Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes
Fundamental Analysis | May 19 09 02:19 GMT
Changes in rates affect interest rates in consumer loans, mortgages, and bond rates. Since short term interest rates essentially reflect the return on holding a currency, rate decisions usually affect...
Central Banks RBA
ECB Bulletin Analysis
Fundamental Analysis | May 14 09 08:19 GMT
The ECB releases the data that backs the bank's decision to cut the interest rate to 1.00%, one week ago. Usually, the market has a weak response to this release, since the data that makes up the bull...
Central Banks ECB
GBP Falls On BOE Quarterly Report, Time To Buy?
Fundamental Analysis | May 14 09 05:16 GMT
GBP traded lower Wednesday after the release of the Bank of England's Quarterly Inflation Report. The BOE Inflation Report forecasts that UK inflation will fall to 0.5% before rising to 1.2% by 2012 a...
Central Banks BOE
BoE Inflation Report Analysis
Fundamental Analysis | May 13 09 10:25 GMT
According to the latest Inflation Report, there has been a strong deterioration in the outlook for domestic and global economies. This had a strong affect on domestic demand in the United Kingdom. How...
Central Banks BOE
Euroland: Credit Easing vs Quantitative Easing
Fundamental Analysis | May 12 09 15:07 GMT
Trichet announced after the Governing Council meeting that it had decided in principle that the Eurosystem (ECB and the European central banks) will purchase euro-denominated covered bonds issued in t...
Central Banks ECB
Reserve Bank of Australia Monthly Policy Statement
Fundamental Analysis | May 08 09 02:49 GMT
The release of the RBA monetary policy statement has had no effect on the aussie, so far. The pair is virtually unchanged since the start of the Asian session, trading near the 0.7530 level...
Central Banks RBA
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