Foreign Exchange Insights and Next Week
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
Central Bank Watch
Central Reserve Bank of Peru
August 9, 2019
The latest central bank to cut its benchmark interest rate is the Central Reserve Bank of Peru, whose reference rate was lowered late yesterday to 2.5% from 2.75%. The statement announcing the decision cites the widely experience havoc being spread by changes in U.S. trade policies by the Trump Administration: “Global growth risks persist and […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Sterling Weakens on Data
August 9, 2019
The dollar edged down 0.2% against the yen and kiwi, 0.3% versus the peso, and 0.1% relative to the euro, Swiss franc and Canadian dollar on this 45th anniversary of the resignation of former President Nixon. But today’s weakest major currency has been sterling, down 0.6% against the dollar in response to news that British […] More
