Central Bank Watch
Sri Lanka’s Fifth Central Bank Rate Cut of 2020
July 9, 2020
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka became the latest monetary authority to slash interest rates. The Standing Deposit Facility and Standing Lending Facility rates were each reduced by 100 basis points to 4.5% and 5.5%, respectively. Earlier this year, cuts of 25 bps in March and April were sandwiched between 50-basis point cuts in January […] More
Foreign Exchange Insights and Next Week
Trade-Weighted Dollar Down About 6% from 2020 High
July 9, 2020
Ever since fixed dollar parities were abandoned in March 1973, analysts have used trade-weighted compilations of bilateral dollar values against other heavily traded currencies to gauge a gestalt of the dollar’s average performance. In one such index created by the Fed at the dawn of the floating dollar era, the dollar has ranged as high […] More
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Covid Risk and Political Uncertainty on the Market’s Mind
July 9, 2020
The global count of Covid-19 cases rose 216 thousand in the past 24 hours to roughly 12.2 million. In that span, there was a record 62 thousand rise in U.S. reported cases, even as President Trump threatened repercussions to school districts that do not reopen in the fall. The Covid death count stands just above […] More
