Central Bank Watch
Bank of Canada Preview
April 11, 2011
The Bank of Canada will reveal the decision of its third interest rate policy meeting of 2011 tomorrow at 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT). The street consensus is looking for no policy change, as such could subject the Canadian dollar to even more upward pressure and because a general parliamentary election is being held in three […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Market Attention on Japan and Libya
April 11, 2011
Northeast Japan was rocked by yet another 7.1 magnitude aftershock followed by new tsunami warnings. Qaddafi reportedly agreed to a cease fire proposal made by the African Union, but doubts persist that the civil war will really end in Libya. After a quarterly meeting of Bank of Japan branch managers, the assessment was downgraded for […] More