Foreign Exchange Insights and Next Week
Next Week: September 28-October 4, 2019
September 27, 2019
Central Banks: Monetary policy reviews are planned in Australia, India, Poland, Romania, and Iceland. The Bank of Japan’s influential quarterly Tankan survey of corporate conditions and expectations will be published, and so will a summary of this month’s BOJ Board meeting. A slew of Fed officials with public speaking engagements next week features Chairman Powell […] More
Next Week’s Menu (September 21-27, 2019)
September 20, 2019
Central Banks: Monetary policies to be reviewed in New Zealand, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Thailand, Mexico and the Philippines. Minutes from the Bank of Japan’s July Board meeting get published. Williams, Kaplan, Kashkari, and Bullard of the Fed speak publicly, and so do BOJ Governor Kuroda, Bank of England Governor Carney, and Masai of the […] More
Next Week’s Menu (September 14-20, 2019)
September 13, 2019
Central Banks: Monetary policy reviews take place next week in the United States, Japan, U.K., Switzerland, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, Brazil, and Norway. Minutes of the last Australian central bank policy meeting will be published. The FOMC is likely to cut the fed funds rate target and will update macroeconomic and interest rate projections, and Chairman […] More
Next Week’s Menu: September 7-13, 2019
September 6, 2019
Central Banks: Monetary policy reviews at the European Central Bank and in Poland, Serbia, Turkey, Malaysia and Peru. ECB macroeconomic forecasts will be updated, and a deposit rate decline is considered quite possible. ECB President Draghi and Vlieghe of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee will be speaking publicly. Events and Holidays: South Koreans […] More
Next Week
August 30, 2019
Central Banks: Monetary policy reviews in Sweden, Russia, Ukraine, Australia, Canada, and Australia. Publication of the Fed Beige Book that documents regional economic trends. Rosengren, Kashkari, Evans, Bowman, Bullard, and Williams are some of the Fed officials with planned speaking engagements. Incoming ECB President Lagarde, ECB Vice President de Guindos and Bank of Japan Board […] More
Next Week’s Menu
August 23, 2019
Central Banks: Monetary policy reviews scheduled in Hungary, South Korea, Israel and Iceland. Lowe and Debelle of the Reserve Bank of Australia and Suzuki of the Bank of Japan speak publicly. Events and Holidays: The annual Central Bank Symposium at Jackson Hole, Wyoming ends on Saturday, and the annual Group of Seven summit begins that […] More
Fed Policy, Dollar Policy and Trade Policy
August 20, 2019
Among the most consistent themes of Donald Trump from his time as private sector businessman through his candidacy for president and since becoming president of the United States is the view that the country is competing on an unfair trading playing field. Surpluses are good regardless of context. Deficits are bad, and tariff wars can […] More
Next Week’s Menu of Data and Events
August 16, 2019
Central Banks: Monetary policies to be reviewed in Sri Lanka and Indonesia. Minutes from last policy meetings to be published by the Fed and Reserve Bank of Australia. The annual Kansas City Fed-Sponsored central bank symposium in Jackson Hole, WY runs from August 22 through 24 with a theme of “challenges for monetary policy.” Scheduled […] More
Next Week: August 10 – 17, 2019
August 9, 2019
Central Banks: Monetary policy reviews in Norway and Mexico. With summer vacation scene fully upon us, very few central bank officials are scheduled to speak, Kent and Debelle of the Reserve Bank of Australia being an exception. Holidays: Japan observes Mountain Day on Monday, and Thursday is Assumption Day in several European countries. Scheduled U.S. […] More
Next Week’s Menu of Data Releases and Other Things to Note
August 2, 2019
Central Banks: Monetary policy reviews in Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, India, Serbia, Romania, Peru and the Philippines. A summary of last week’s BOJ meeting and the Reserve Bank of Australia’s quarterly Monetary Policy Statement will be published. Bullard and Evans of the Fed, Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Lowe, and ECB Governing Council member Coeure […] More
