Foreign Exchange Insights and Next Week
False Claims
April 16, 2018
The experience of 45 years since governments in the major economies adopted a system of market-determined flexible exchange rates has taught officials to treat currency policy as a delicate matter. The less that is said by officials about their own or other currencies, the better. Currency policy in the United States falls under the jurisdiction […] More
Central Bank Watch
Bank of Israel Retains 0.10% Policy Interest Rate
April 16, 2018
The last central bank interest rate change in Israel was a cut of 15 basis points in February 2015 to 0.10%. Previously the rate had been lowered by 75 basis points per year in 2011-14. The latest policy review reaffirmed the need for continuing an accommodative stance. Although inflation early in 2018 was a shade […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Long-Term Interest Rates Climb Higher
April 16, 2018
Softer sovereign debt prices (higher yields) are the most consistent and significant market development this Monday. The week ahead will feature the semi-annual IMF/World Bank meetings and quarterly earnings reports from many companies. 10-year sovereign debt yields are up four basis points in the U.K. and three bps each in Germany and the United States. […] More
