Next week, central bank meetings in Poland and Czechia will be the main focus. After a higher than expected flash estimate for October inflation in Poland (6.8% vs. 6.4%), Poland’s MPC should not go for a 50bp interest rate hike because of inflation.Inflation is expected to exceed 7% in the …
Read More »RBNZ Governor comments on rates, inflation
“Monetary policy has largely run its easing course globally,” said Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) Governor Adrian Orr during early Friday morning in Asia. “We are now entering a different environment for rates, inflation”, added Orr. NZD/USD remains on the front-foot, backed by the broad US dollar weakness, despite …
Read More »Germany: Annual HICP Rises to 4.6% in October
Inflation in Germany, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to 4.5% on a yearly basis in October from 4.1% in September. This reading came in higher than the market expectation of 4.4%. The annual Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), the European Central Bank’s preferred gauge of …
Read More »Bank of Japan Decides to Keep Interest Rates
The Bank of Japan decided at its monetary policy meeting held today, by a majority vote, to fix negative interest rates at -0.1% on current accounts held by financial institutions with the bank in the short term. The bank also decided to control long-term interest rates, by purchasing the required …
Read More »Market Drivers – U. S. Session – 27-10-2021
U. S. economic data in addition to corporate earnings reports and a number of positive developments had impact on the U. S. session Wednesday. The negotiations regarding the federal budget plan bill between the White House and the Congress is among the factors that led to a positive market performance.Gold …
Read More »ECB: The Market is Looking For Clues
The European Central Bank (ECB) is scheduled to announce its monetary policy decision this Thursday at 11:45 GMT, which will be followed by the post-meeting press conference at 12:30 GMT. Today’s ECB announcement may have more significance and is closely followed by the markets as it is one week ahead …
Read More »Growth slowdown and inflation would dominate ECB’s meeting
Investors and observers have expected the European Central Bank’s October meeting to be unexciting, but the current mixture of growth slowdown and higher inflation could cause it to be more action-packed than anticipated.Although big decisions on the future of the European Central Bank’s emergency stimulus package are unlikely to be …
Read More »BOJ would hold fire as inflation surges, Yen weakened
The Bank of Japan is expected to keep fiscal policy settings steady on Thursday and to contain inflation to stay below its 2% target for at least two more years.The BoJ is widely expected to leave its stimulus unchanged amid further delay in the economic recovery from the pandemic, only …
Read More »USD/CAD reacts to the BoC’s decision
USD/CAD fell for the first time in the week, down by 0.25%, trading at 1.2358 during the New York TRADING session. As the BoC decided to keep interest rates unchanged, investors’ expectation towards the QE was a reduction in its weekly purchases from CAD 2 billion to CAD 1 billion. …
Read More »Inflation will last longer over supply chain difficulties
The largest U.S. manufacturers including do encounter logistics headache and higher costs as a result of global supply bottlenecks that could continue into 2022, but most companies agree that the hit to profits can be compensated by charging higher prices for their goods.Companies globally pushed the alarm button reiterating that …
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