Deeper Analysis
July in Figures
July 31, 2018
Net dollar movement against currencies in other well-developed economies was modest in July, but the U.S. currency extended gains against developing country monies. The rise in long-term U.S. interest rates pulled up other sovereign debt yields, blunting the impact on rate differentials. The Bank of Canada was the only central bank examined for this update […] More
Central Bank Watch
Bank of Japan
July 31, 2018
The Bank of Japan did not change its policy interest rates of negative 0.1% on overnight Policy-Rate balances or about zero percent on the 10-year JGBs. In controlling the yield curve, officials still expect to purchase about 80 trillion yen of JGBs per year, and the quantitative settings for purchases and/or holdings of ETFs, J-Reits, […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Exhausting Barrage of Data and Developments on Final Day of July
July 31, 2018
The dollar recovered 0.4% against the yen while sliding 0.3% relative to the euro and Australian dollar, 0.2% versus sterling and 0.1% vis-a-vis the loonie and Swiss franc. The Bank of Japan changed the policy framework only marginally, which allowed the worried JGB market to settle down and the 10-year yield to slide back four […] More
