The President of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank Neel Kashkari has just shook the financial markets. As one of the members of the committee that sets the US monetary policy and with it the base interest rate of the US Dollar, Kashkari has commented on the Fed Funds Rate. Neel Kashkari has stated that the
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Trade with Swiss Bank Thu, 21 Mar 2024 13:19:59 GMT Source: Dukascopy Bank SA The Official Bank Rate of the Bank of England has been published. Markets expected the central bank to keep rate at 5.25%. Bank of England has done, as expected. Meanwhile, surveyed economists forecast that the Monetary Policy Committee was set to
Trade with Swiss Bank Thu, 21 Mar 2024 08:55:54 GMT Source: Dukascopy Bank SA Unexpectedly to the financial markets the Swiss National Bank has just cut its base interest rate from 1.75% to 1.50%. The Swiss Franc is losing value due to the news. USD/CHF currency pair jumped 103 base points or 1.16% over the
The United States Federal Reserve has just announced its Federal Funds Rate. Markets expected the Fed to keep the base interest rate unchanged at 5.50%. The Fed has done exactly that. However, the US Dollar declined on the announcement, as the market participants must have seen this as a relief from possible rate hike. Namely
Trade with Swiss Bank Wed, 20 Mar 2024 14:57:02 GMT Source: Dukascopy Bank SA The Consumer Price Index of Canada has revealed that prices have grown in 2.8% in February, compared to February of 2023. The markets expected a 3.1% increase. On a month on month basis prices have risen 0.3% instead of forecast 0.6%
The Bank of Japan has hiked its base interest rate from the -0.10 rate up to +0.10. This it he first rate hike in Japan in 17 years. The event has ended the eight years of negative interest rates in Japan. However, instead of an expected surge of the Japanese Yen. The Yen shortly surged
Despite the US Consumer Price Index not impacting the markets on Tuesday, there is still inflation at the producer level. Namely, the publication of the US Producer Price Index has revealed that inflation in the US is persistent. The new data indicates that the US Federal Reserve still has to combat inflation by tightening monetary