Central Bank Watch
Bank of Japan Maintains Status Quo
December 21, 2017
The Bank of Japan has a stimulative monetary policy that goes by the title of “quantitative and qualitative easing(QQE) with yield control.” The unchanged settings at the final scheduled policy review of 2018 A Policy-Balance interest rate of negative 0.1% A target 10-year JGB yield of “around 1.0%” JGB purchases of roughly 80 trillion yen […] More
Central Bank Watch
Czech National Bank
December 21, 2017
The CNB by a 5-2 margin voted to retain the interest rate structure, with a main 2-week repo rate of 0.50% flanked by a 0.05% discount rate and a 1.0% Lombard rate. There had previously been increases in the repo rate of 25 basis points in early November and 20 bps last August, and the […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Tax Bill Aftermath
December 21, 2017
The most prominent market reaction to the U.S. tax overhaul has been the rise in long-term interest rates, although the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield settled back two basis points in overnight futures trading. The 10-year gilt and 10-year German bund yields rose another 2 and 1 basis points. Congress is not trying to avert a […] More
