Forex News
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Patrick Rishe, Washington University in St. Louis director of sports business program and Sportsimpacts founder and president, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to preview this year’s NCAA March Madness basketball tournament, the impact of streaming, NIL rules, sports gambling, and more.
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China's embassy in Singapore on Monday (Mar 18) urged its citizens in the city-state to stay away from all forms of betting, saying gambling overseas violates Chinese laws. The warning comes as Beijing intensifies its efforts to crack down on Chinese citizens gambling across Southeast Asia, a popular tourist destination.In a statement, the embassy "solemnly ...
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Technologies such as distributed ledgers create the possibility of new forms of digital money, whether privately-issued ‘stable coins’, tokenised commercial bank deposits, or central bank digital currencies. Authorities are considering a world where digital money circulates alongside existing forms of money. In the past, the nature of money has often ...
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post: BoJ Governor Ueda Proposes As Chair Ending Negative Rates - NHKBank of Japan Governor Ueda proposes lifting of negative interest rate policy The Bank of Japan is holding its second day of monetary policy decision-making meetings today, and Governor Ueda has just proposed a proposal for a major shift in monetary easing measures, such as lifting the negative interest rate policy, and has begun to summarize the discussion. We plan to announce the decisions made at the meeting soon, and if we end negative interest rates and raise interest rates, it will be the first time in 17 years. At today's second-day meeting, nine policy committee members, including Governor Ueda, are discussing the immediate direction of policy management. Governor Ueda, who is currently serving as chairman, proposed a proposal for a major shift in monetary easing measures, including the lifting of the negative interest rate policy, and the discussion began. It also appears that discussion
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At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan assessed the virtuous cycle between wages and prices, and it judged it came in sight that the price stability target of 2 percent would be achieved in a sustainable and stable manner toward the end of the projection period of the January 2024 Outlook Report (Outlook for ...
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At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate target unchanged at 4.35 per cent and the interest rate paid on Exchange Settlement balances unchanged at 4.25 per cent. Inflation continues to moderate but remains high. Recent information suggests that inflation continues to moderate, in line with the RBA’s latest forecasts. The headline monthly CPI indicator was steady at 3.4 per cent over the year to January, with momentum easing over recent months, driven by moderating goods inflation. Services inflation remains elevated, and is moderating at a more gradual pace. The data are consistent with continuing excess demand in the economy and strong domestic cost pressures, both for labour and non-labour inputs. Higher interest rates are working to establish a more sustainable balance between aggregate demand and supply in the economy. Accordingly, conditions in the labour market continue to ease gradually, although they remain tighter than is consistent with sustained full employment and inflation at target. Wages growth picked up a little further in the December quarter, but appears to have peaked with indications it will moderate over the year ahead. Nevertheless, this level of wages growth remains consistent with the inflation target only on the assumption that productivity growth increases to around its long-run average. Inflation is still weighing on people’s real incomes and household consumption growth is weak, as is dwelling investment. The outlook remains highly uncertain. While there are encouraging signs that inflation is moderating, the economic outlook remains uncertain. The December quarter national accounts data confirmed growth has slowed. Household consumption growth remains particularly weak amid high inflation and the rise in interest rates. After recent declines, real inc post: <AUD=>: *RBA LEAVES CASH RATE TARGET AT 4.35% *RBA: INFLATION CONTINUES TO MODERATE BUT REMAINS HIGH *RBA SAYS WAGE GROWTH LEVEL CONSISTENT WITH INFLATION TARGET post: RBA: ACCORDINGLY, CONDITIONS IN THE LABOUR MARKET CONTINUE TO EASE GRADUALLY, ALTHOUGH THEY REMAIN TIGHTER THAN IS CONSISTENT WITH SUSTAINED FULL EMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION AT TARGET post: RBA: WHILE THERE ARE ENCOURAGING SIGNS THAT INFLATION IS MODERATING, THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK REMAINS UNCERTAIN #News #Markets #RBA #ECONOMIC #INFLATION #live
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The yen dwindled near the 150 per dollar level on Tuesday but held its ground ahead of a pivotal policy decision from the Bank of Japan (BOJ), while the U.S. dollar towered over ...
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The Bank of Japan on Tuesday scrapped its negative interest rate policy, in a major overhaul of the central bank's unprecedented monetary easing framework of the past decade that ...
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A week packed with central bank decisions starts on a mixed note after hotter-than-expected US inflation sent the US 2-year yield around 25bp higher over the week and the 10-year ...
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post: BoJ Governor Ueda Proposes As Chair Ending Negative Rates - NHKBank of Japan Governor Ueda proposes lifting of negative interest rate policy The Bank of Japan is holding its second day of monetary policy decision-making meetings today, and Governor Ueda has just proposed a proposal for a major shift in monetary easing measures, such as lifting the negative interest rate policy, and has begun to summarize the discussion. We plan to announce the decisions made at the meeting soon, and if we end negative interest rates and raise interest rates, it will be the first time in 17 years. At today's second-day meeting, nine policy committee members, including Governor Ueda, are discussing the immediate direction of policy management. Governor Ueda, who is currently serving as chairman, proposed a proposal for a major shift in monetary easing measures, including the lifting of the negative interest rate policy, and the discussion began. It also appears that discussion
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At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan assessed the virtuous cycle between wages and prices, and it judged it came in sight that the ...
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At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate target unchanged at 4.35 per cent and the interest rate paid on Exchange Settlement balances unchanged at 4.25 per cent. Inflation continues to moderate but remains high. Recent information suggests that inflation continues to moderate, in line with the RBA’s latest forecasts. The headline monthly CPI indicator was steady at 3.4 per cent over the year to January, with momentum easing over recent months, driven by moderating goods inflation. Services inflation remains elevated, and is moderating at a more gradual pace. The data are consistent with continuing excess demand in the economy and strong domestic cost pressures, both for labour and non-labour inputs. Higher interest rates are working to establish a more sustainable balance between aggregate demand and supply in the economy. Accordingly, conditions in the labour market continue to ease gradually, although they remain tighter than is consistent with sustained full employment and inflation at target. Wages growth picked up a little further in the December quarter, but appears to have peaked with indications it will moderate over the year ahead. Nevertheless, this level of wages growth remains consistent with the inflation target only on the assumption that productivity growth increases to around its long-run average. Inflation is still weighing on people’s real incomes and household consumption growth is weak, as is dwelling investment. The outlook remains highly uncertain. While there are encouraging signs that inflation is moderating, the economic outlook remains uncertain. The December quarter national accounts data confirmed growth has slowed. Household consumption growth remains particularly weak amid high inflation and the rise in interest rates. After recent declines, real inc post: <AUD=>: *RBA LEAVES CASH RATE TARGET AT 4.35% *RBA: INFLATION CONTINUES TO MODERATE BUT REMAINS HIGH *RBA SAYS WAGE GROWTH LEVEL CONSISTENT WITH INFLATION TARGET post: RBA: ACCORDINGLY, CONDITIONS IN THE LABOUR MARKET CONTINUE TO EASE GRADUALLY, ALTHOUGH THEY REMAIN TIGHTER THAN IS CONSISTENT WITH SUSTAINED FULL EMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION AT TARGET post: RBA: WHILE THERE ARE ENCOURAGING SIGNS THAT INFLATION IS MODERATING, THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK REMAINS UNCERTAIN #News #Markets #RBA #ECONOMIC #INFLATION #live
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Sr. Technical Strategist Michael Boutros (@MBForex) highlights the targets & invalidation levels that matter on the technical charts into the weekly open.
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Our focus falls on the EURCHF which could be rocked by the EU data dump and Swiss National Bank (SNB) rate decision this week. The minor currency pair remains bullish on the daily/weekly timeframe with prices approaching a key resistance level at 0.9700. With volatility likely to remain the name of the game for the EURCHF, a major breakout could be on the ...
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IG Group has filled its recently vacant position of Chief Operating Officer with the appointment of Jody Dunn, who was promoted from her previous role of Chief Risk Officer. The London-listed broker promoted Sarah Gore Langton, previously the Chief Compliance Officer, to the role of Chief Risk Officer. “Both are long-standing employees who have played ...