New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Commodity Prices Strengthen
October 16, 2017
West Texas Intermediate crude oil advanced 1.3% to $52.10 per barrel, and copper strengthened nearly 3%. Comex gold is 0.2% higher. Comments over the weekend at the IMF meetings in Washington from the likes of Yellen, Zhou, and Constancio stressed that growth is doing well and expressed puzzlement that wage inflation continues to lag. BOJ […] More
Foreign Exchange Insights and Next Week
Next Week
October 13, 2017
Central Banks: Monetary policy reviews are scheduled next week in Israel, South Korea, Indonesia and Chile. Minutes from prior central bank meetings will be published by the Reserve Banks of Australia and India, and the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book of regional economic conditions gets released. Yellen, Kaplan and Dudley of the Fed speak publicly; so […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
More Evidence of Subdued Inflation
October 13, 2017
The dollar fell overnight by 0.7% against the Australian dollar, 0.6% relative to the kiwi, 0.4% versus the yen and sterling, 0.3% vis-a-vis the Swiss franc, 0.2% against the euro and 0.1% versus the yuan. The peso and loonie remained unchanged even as President Trump suggests that it may not be possible to fix the […] More
Central Bank Watch
Central Reserve Bank of Peru’s Policy Interest Rate Left Steady at 3.5%
October 12, 2017
At Board meetings in May, July and September, three of the four 25-basis point central bank interest rate hikes implemented between September 2015 and February 2016 were reversed. A reversal of supply shocks enabled inflation to drop back into the 1-3% target range in September after spiking to 3.2% in August, but officials had anticipated […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Sterling Down on Stalemated Brexit Talks
October 12, 2017
A fifth round of Brexit talks between the U.K. and EU failed to make progress settling the matter of Britain’s debt to the common currency, and without such the EU won’t discuss Britain’s future relationship with Continental Europe. Sterling fell 0.6% against the euro and dollar overnight. Sentiment toward the euro was buoyed by the […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Quiet Start to Wednesday
October 11, 2017
The dollar is marginally softer, with overnight dips of 0.3% against the peso, 0.2% versus the yen and Aussie dollar and 0.1% vis-a-vis the euro and Swiss franc. The dollar also rose 0.4% against the yuan and 0.1% relative to sterling but is flat against the loonie and kiwi. Tensions over Spain’s political situation eased […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Civilization Under Strain
October 10, 2017
Catalan is the latest place to see tribal forces running amuck. The separatist leader Carles Puigdemont appears poised to declare complete or perhaps qualified independence from Spain, setting the stage for more violence with Spanish police. The IBEX has declined 0.9%. The dollar is on its heels following holidays Monday in The U.S., Japan, Canada […] More
Central Bank Watch
National Bank of Serbia
October 9, 2017
In cutting Serbia’s monetary policy interest rate to 3.5% from 4.0%, the Executive Board of the National Bank of Serbia claimed to be “guided by the medium-term inflation projection and movements in key inflation factors.” The medium-term inflation target is 3.0%, give or take 1.5 percentage points, and the most recent on-year changes of total […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Market Spotlight on Turkey and Spain
October 9, 2017
On a day when holiday closures in the United States (Columbus Day), Japan (Health Sports Day), Canada (Thanksgiving), and South Korea (Hanguil Day) ordinarily might be expected to sap the market of leadership and thus depress volatility, there have been big movements affecting Turkey and Spain. A diplomatic dispute between Turkey and the United States […] More
Foreign Exchange Insights and Next Week
Next Week
October 6, 2017
Central Banks: Monetary policy meetings are scheduled in Peru and Serbia. FOMC minutes will be published, and Kashkari, Evans, Brainard, Powell and Kaplan are some of the FOMC officials speaking publicly in the week. So will Draghi and Praet of the European Central Bank. Holidays and Special Event: Markets are closed Monday for Columbus Day […] More
