Heading into the Federal Reserve meeting there was already a very high bar set for a hawkish policy meeting. In the event, the Fed kept to the script. It hiked…
At first glance, the BoE decision had signs of a hawkish tilt. Last meeting dissenter Cunliffe was voting for a hike and 3 other board members were voting for a…
The RBA hiked by 25bps and increased interest rates to 0.35bps on Tuesday. Prior to the RBA meeting on Tuesday, we had been considering the prospect of a weaker GBPAUD.…
The last BoE meeting in March saw a ‘dovish hike’. The split was 8-1 on hiking rates by 25 bps with one dissenter. The dissenter was BoE’s Cunliffe. Why did…
The FOMC meet next week and markets are expecting a 50 bps rate hike from the Fed as well as QT being announced. The Fed is also widely expected to…
The Reserve Bank of Australia meets next week and the short-term interest rate derivative markets are pricing in a 94% chance of an RBA hike. The question is, ’will the…
In the early hours of Thursday UK time, the Bank of Japan will meet and speculation is rising about some kind of policy shift to counter the weakness in the…
Major central bank rundown It’s time for your central bank catch up. So, if you have been put off the loop, or just want a quick refresher then grab a…
The BoC delivered a hawkish surprise at its last meeting. It increased rates by 50 bps as expected, but it increased the terminal rate to 2.5% from 2.25%. The BoC…
Ahead of the ECB meeting we were looking for a scenario where the ECB acted decisively on inflation and played down slowing eurozone growth. The reaction in the Euro after…