Will USD fluctuate ahead of Fed’s tightening cycle?
FED has started considering its tightening cycle, in which it could taper its bond purchases before rates hike. Will USD fluctuate ahead of this cycle?
FED has started considering its tightening cycle, in which it could taper its bond purchases before rates hike. Will USD fluctuate ahead of this cycle?
It seems pretty well accepted that asset purchases by central banks do have effects on exchange rates and, very often, they are similar effects to changes in interest...
The possible near-term FX market stability will include the outlook for Fed policy and whether tensions in Afghanistan create a wider risk-off sentiment in the...
This week sees another inflation test in the US in the shape of the July CPI data. The monthly CPI is forecasted to increase by an average of 0.2% per month since the...
The dollar usually rises when risk aversion soars. Numerous emerging market crises, the global financial crisis and, most recently, the pandemic have all proved this...
Economic growth is surging in the developed nations, inflation is rising sharply, some central banks have already started to pare back their monetary stimulus,...
Central banks are forecasting that the overshoot in inflation will prove temporary. Private sector economists are saying the same thing and so too are the financial...
At the recent meeting, Fed members agreed to make the repo facility permanent subject to an individual country limit of USD60bn.
Both the ECB and Fed have announced new monetary policy strategies in the past year. And both would appear to imply that, for now at least, policy will be run in a...
KB Securities said, the USD/VND exchange rate in H2- 2021 would be flat and move in a narrow range.
The US is enjoying a brisk economic recovery thanks to substantial policy support and a quick vaccine rollout. But speed may not win the race when it comes to creating a...
In Standard Bank’s view, both the Fed and the ECB announce prospective changes to their quantitative easing programmes in the time to come.
According to the Standard Bank, the inflation part of the real rate equation is the main driver of currencies now, not nominal rates. If that’s the case, it will weigh...
It is fair to say that investor uncertainty about the inflation outlook, particularly in the US, is off the charts at the moment.
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has experience in dealing with different price increases in the world, so it will have an appropriate interest rate management policy.
In short term, the market danced to the Fed’s tune, believing that its signal of two rate hikes in 2023 is sufficient to tamp down any surge in price fears that might be...
The dollar has strengthened following the Fed’s slightly more hawkish take on monetary policy last week. But according to Standard Bank, it is not expected to set off a...