Tag Archive: central-banks
SNB’s Jordan: I’m not sure whether if the terminal rate has been reached
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CHF traders take note – SNB Chair Jordan is speaking on Tuesday
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Week Ahead: Thumbnail Sketch of Central Bank Meetings
The
week ahead is dominated by central bank meetings. Six of the G10 central banks
meets. The post-Covid monetary tightening cycle is ending. The start was not
synchronized, and neither will be end. It is tempting to think that those that
began the tightening cycle early will among the first to finish. Among emerging
markets that is true for Brazil and Chile, both of whom have begun cutting
rates. And Brazil is likely to deliver the second cut in...
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China’s Measures Begin to Find Traction, US Employment Report on Tap
Overview: Beijing's seemingly steady stream of
measures to support the economy and steady the yuan are beginning to produce
the desired effect. The yuan is snapping a four-week decline and the CSI 300
halted a three-week drop. Some economists estimate that the bevy of measures
may be worth as much as 1% for GDP. The dollar is narrowly mixed ahead of the
US employment data, which is expected to see the pace of job growth slow to
around 170k. Of...
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While the focus was on Powell Tuesday there were also remarks from the ECB and SNB
Swiss National Bank Chair Jordan threatened FX intervention!
A couple of posts from Tuesday ICYMI while Powell was hogging the spotlight:
ECB Knot: ECB can be expected to keep raising rates for quite some time after March
ECB can be expected to keep raising rates for quite some time after March
And, SNB Chairman: We cannot rule out that we will have to tighten monetary policy again
We can use interest rates but also sell foreign...
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Your Wealth Will Save Central Banks!
Today we ask, what is wealth? As we start a new year many will be looking at their portfolios and wondering what 2023 will have in store for them. Similar to 2022, we suspect there will be a lot of unknowns.
As with anything unforeseen, it’s a good idea to have some insurance. This is why there were record levels of gold buying last year, and we expect the same in the coming months; because people want to protect their wealth with the...
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Week Ahead: Highlights include Fed, US CPI; ECB, BoE, SNB, Norges Bank
MON: UK GDP Estimate (Oct), Chinese M2/New Yuan Loans (Nov).TUE: OPEC MOMR; BoE Financial Stability Report; German CPI Final (Nov), UK
Unemployment Rate (Oct)/Claimant Count (Nov), EZ ZEW (Dec), US CPI (Nov),
Japanese Tankan (Q4), New Zealand Current Account (Q3).WED: FOMC Policy Announcement, IEA OMR; UK CPI (Nov), Swedish CPIF (Nov), EZ
Industrial Production (Oct), US Export/Import Prices (Nov), Japanese
Exports/Imports (Nov).THU: ECB, BoE,...
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Barclays forecasts EURCHF trading around parity for the next few quarters
Barclays Research discusses CHF outlook and targets EUR/CHF around 0.97, 0.97, 0.98, and 1.00 by end of Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4 of next year respectively.
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SNB’s Jordan: Monetary policy is is still expansionary
SNB's Jordan, who has been chatting more in the NY session at least of late, is no the wires saying:monetary policy is a still expansionarywe have most likely to adjust monetary policy againinflation is very thorny and there is still a risk that inflation will rise furtherinflation rate is above our target now.
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SNBs Jordan: IN 2023, sees Swiss growth weaker than this year. USDCHF trades near lows.
SNB's Jordan is on the wires saying that:He sees weaker growth in 2023 than this year.SNB still has credibility that inflation will moderateInflation has broadenedSees limited 2nd round wage effects in SwitzerlandThere is a great probablility that SNB will need to further tighten monetary policy.
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Federal Reserve speakers coming up on Wednesday, 9 November 2022 – Williams, Barkin
The talking heads at the US Federal Reserve have pivoted to talking about how high rates will go before they top out as against how quickly they will rise.
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Is Central Banks’ License to Print Money About to Expire?
One of the biggest reasons for people deciding to buy gold bars or to own silver coins is because of the folly of central banks and government. It seems bizarre to most people that we are all aware that money doesn’t grow on trees and yet those responsible for financial stability have forgotten this basic life-lesson.
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SNB’s Jordan: Central Bank Independence is crucial to fight inflation effectively
SNB Jordan is on the wires speaks in general terms:
Central bank independence is crucial to fight inflation effectively.
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CHF traders – heads up for a SNB speaker Wednesday, 5 October 2022 – Maechler
Swiss National Bank monetary policymaker Andrea Maechler is speaking at 1130 GMT, at an event titled: After the interest rate change: high inflation, rising interest. How will it affect the Swiss economy?
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Swiss National Bank meet this week – Goldman Sachs says “We are bullish on the CHF”
Goldman Sachs maintains a bullish bias on CHF going into this week's SNB policy meeting.
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Swiss National Bank monetary policy meeting preview
The SNB announcement is due on Thursday at 0730 GMT. -This in brief via Standard Chartered:expect SNB to hike by 100bpStan Chart were at +50bp but have ramped their expectation much higher.
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This Will Be The Biggest Theft of This Century
2023-02-10
by Stephen Flood
2023-02-10
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