Interesting; was not aware of negative rates in NZ at the moment...

Concur; given current fiscal constraints in play, the amount of govt spending, increase in general living costs (WTF petrol) and the relative strength of the NZD; I was thinking that maybe a temporary drop of the OCR to 1.50% would have been in ...

Good thank you.... been busy with life for a while but now back and into the mix again. Will send PM soon.

Concur... not only is the big question of "when" but also how far and how fast... mark in your 5% lines

I was wrong.... weapons safe still locked up! Fed still sitting on the fence when you see comments on Twitter such as "Yellen Sees More Rate Hikes Needed If Economy Stays on Course " and "Yellen: 'Unwise' to wait too long to hike interest rates" ...

Slightly interested so stayed up to see if she was really going to lock n load and put rounds down range....

Funny.... the only real mention that NZ got was in the closing paragraphs and concluded that most of the Kiwi banks were Australian owned. The apartment "glut fears" mentioned here were alluded to a couple of years ago and reflected then with the ...

The real question is why is this actually on FF??? I would've thought that there were bigger (and more interesting) stories out considering the current financial global climate....

Just curious... is there a CCAR required from the Federal Reserve?? All good that there is analysis and reviews conducted on these establishments; but who watches the watchers !

Looking at the data so far presented and throwing a bit of logic into the equation; if the number of jobs has increased, then the percentage of unemployed should decrease. If not, then it is entirely possible that the number of people being listed ...

Yep cat.... think you are pretty much bang on the nail there. fxtradespot.... I feel (unfortunately) that when the fall does occur; that it will be felt further afield than just the US continent. Like the GFC of several years past, it will be once ...

Sounds like the CoCo should be called ConCon....

Interesting... as noted above... 5 pers with knowledge yet not willing to punt up with more.... Even more the fact that Saudi pledged to stick to its currency peg.... did I also hear mention of a peg in Switzerland last year with their match to the ...

Ummmm.... so let me see.... "The central bank’s Beige Book economic survey, which is based on reports from late November to early January by regional Fed banks, showed that two of the 12 Fed districts posted “moderate” growth and seven described the ...

Now this is the passing of a true legend.... look at his latest album only just released a couple of days ago and watch the video clip of Lazarus (track 3 from album).... moving it be. RIP and thank you

Ummmmmm maybe looking further afield than one market; it would appear that Reuters would disagree ! url

I cannot recall reading anything really positive about the US economy and all we see is how the Fed appears to be unable to raise interest rates; and of course how detrimental it will be to the US economy if it does. Can someone explain then if it ...

Bit of a "will she, won't she" scenario in play here.... As already alluded to earlier in here by others, I think the real question is can the Fed actually afford to raise rates? Noting the carnage that will occur; not just immediately in a wide ...

Well what an interesting thread and a lot of information to digest... and some great commentary from contributors as well. Yes Greece is in the tin for sure and the debt burden is only going to get higher which is not helped by a flagging economy; ...

Another early release.... what I want to know is where is the FFERR (Forex Factory Early Release Register) ....