Central Bank Watch
No Change Made in Indonesian Monetary Policy
November 16, 2017
Board officials at this month’s policy meeting left interest rates unchanged. A 4.25% one-week reverse repo rate is flanked y a 3.5% overnight deposit rate and a 5.0% lending rate. After cutting the repo rate by 25 bps each in back-to-back August and September meetings, officials felt the level represents a “neutral” stance, and today’s […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
A Better Market Tone
November 16, 2017
There’s been a respite from the recent slide of equities. Japan’s Nikkei closed 1.5% higher, and the German Dax and Paris Cac are up 0.5% and 0.6%. The dollar shows mixed overnight changes, with drops of 0.6% against the Swissie, 0.2% relative to the peso and sterling and 0.1% versus the loonie but upticks of […] More
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Central Bank of Iceland
November 15, 2017
Iceland’s seven-day term rate had been cut 25 basis points last month and earlier by 50 basis points in August 2016 and 25 bps each in May and June of this year. But a statement released after the latest review believes that the interest rate of 4.25% is appropriate for now. “The current monetary stance […] More
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Central Bank of Chile: Board Leaves Policy Unchanged
November 15, 2017
Chile’s monetary policy rate had been reduced by 25 basis points four times during the first five months of 2017 to the current level of 2.5%. That’s higher than the present on-year CPI inflation rate of 1.9% but below the center of the medium-term 2-4% CPI target. In a statement after the latest Board meeting, […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Dollar and Stocks Continue to Slide
November 15, 2017
Dollar losses overnight amounted to 0.7% against the yen, 0.5% versus the euro, 0.4% vis-a-vis the Swiss franc and kiwi, 0.3% relative to the yuan, 0.2% against the peso and 0.1% versus sterling. The yen touched a 4-week high, and the euro moved back above its January 1999 starting level. Ten-year sovereign debt yields are […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Dollar, Pound and Most Equities Falter as a Ton of Economic Data Got Released
November 14, 2017
The dollar rose 0.7% against sterling while posting losses overnight of 0.7% against the euro, 0.4% versus the Swiss franc, 0.2% vis-a-vis the Australian dollar, and 0.1% relative to the yen, loonie, peso and yuan. The kiwi fell 0.5%. Share prices declined 0.9% in Australia, 0.6% in Indonesia, Singapore and Hong Kong, and 0.5% in […] More
Foreign Exchange Insights and Next Week
Dollar Performance When Big U.S. Tax Cuts Are Undertaken
November 13, 2017
It remains unclear whether President Trump will get a tax cut law to sign by the end of this year or even in 2018. Both the Republican-controlled congress and he want to get this done, but the devil is in the details. If this legislation indeed happens, it will undoubtedly be large in scale like […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Sterling Falters but Equities Performed Better in the U.K. than Elsewhere
November 13, 2017
British Prime Minister May’s own-party support continues to erode, leaving her with only a flimsy hold on power. The pound dropped 0.8% overnight, and the 10-year gilt yield is four basis points lower. However, whereas stocks in most markets overnight fell, the Ftse shows no net change. Equities declined 300 points or 1.3% in Japan, […] More
Foreign Exchange Insights and Next Week
Next Week
November 10, 2017
Central Banks: Just a couple of monetary policy meetings, notably in Chile, Iceland, and Indonesia. However, there are many central bankers who’ll be speaking publicly such as Yellen, Evans, Harker, Williams, Bostic and Mester from the Fed. Also Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda, ECB President Draghi and Vice-President Constancio, and Bank of England Governor Carney. […] More
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Central Reserve Bank of Peru
November 10, 2017
Peru’s policy interest rate has been lowered from 3.5% to 3.25%. This action follows three earlier 25-basis point cuts this year done in May, July and September. Taken together, this one percentage point of reduction offsets four 25-basis point rate increases between September 2015 and February 2016. The reversal is possible because of an ongoing […] More
