Foreign Exchange Insights and Next Week
Next Week’s Menu: February 14-20, 2026
February 13, 2026
Central Banks: Monetary policies will be reviewed in New Zealand, Indonesia, Romania and the Philippines. Minutes from the last policy meetings at the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Federal Open Market Committee are being published. The Fed is also preparing its semi-annual Monetary Policy Report. Daly, Bostic and Kashkari are some of the Fed […] More
Central Bank Watch
Central Bank Rate Cuts of 100 Basis Points in Egypt and 50 BPS in Russia
February 13, 2026
Egyptian consumer price inflation, which crested in September 2023 at 38.0%, receded to 11.7% two years later and is currently at 11.9%. The Central Bank of Egypt‘s policy interest rate over the past ten months has been lowered from 27.25% ti 19.0%, including a 100-basis point cut announced yesterday. Board members “will continue to remain […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Dollar Exhibits Better Tone Ahead of U.S. CPI Releases, But Tech Stocks Retreat
February 13, 2026
Thursday’s difficult session for U.S. equities, led by the tech sector, extended into other countries on Friday with share prices closing down 1.6% in Singapore, 1.4% in Australia, 1.3% in China and India, 1.7% in Hong Kong, and 1.6% in Singapore. Stock markets in Spain and Italy are so far also showing losses in excess […] More
