http://forexweb.890m.com Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:03:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The ECB is expected to leave the refinancing rate unchanged at the Governing Council meeting on Thursday. We expect the tone at the press conference to turn slightly more positive (again) as both soft and hard data continues to improve further, but Trichet is unlikely to signal any rate hikes ... http://forexweb.890m.com/ecb-preview-waiting-for-the-master-plan/ As expected the Bank of Canada left the overnight rate unchanged at 0.25 % and maintained its conditional commitment to maintain it at this level until the end of Q2 2010. Although the commitment is maintained, the tone of the press release was significantly more upbeat when it comes to ... http://forexweb.890m.com/boc-policy-monitor-boc-is-more-upbeat-on-the-economic-outlook/ BOE meeting The Bank of England (BOE) will meet on Thursday, September 10th. At the August BOE policy meeting the BOE decided to hold interest rates unchanged at a record low 0.5% and announced a surprise expansion of quantitative ease. The BOE increased its quantitative ease program from £125 bln ... http://forexweb.890m.com/preview-of-boe-boc-policy-meetings/ The Bank of England (BOE) will hold a policy meeting on Thursday November 5th. At the October policy meeting the BOE elected to maintain the current level of interest rates at a record low 0.5% and asset purchases at £175bln. The BOE indicated that they would keep the scale of ... http://forexweb.890m.com/boe-and-ecb-preview-of-thursdays-meetings-2/ The FOMC is expected to keep interest rates in a 0-0.25% range at the November meeting and could refrain from major changes to the accompanying statement after much speculation last week. On the whole, analysts believe the Fed will stick to the wording: rates to stay low for an ‘extended ... http://forexweb.890m.com/preview-fomc-november-rate-decision/ ...Fed upgrades eco outlook marginally and keeps subdued inflation view intact ...while it continues to anticipate exceptionally low levels of the federal funds rate for an extended period of time ...low rates of resource utilization, subdued inflation trends, and stable inflation expectations conditions explaining current policy stance ... No word ... http://forexweb.890m.com/fomc-steady-as-they-go/ Despite the improving economic backdrop, the U.S. central bank reiterated its commitment to keep rates exceptionally low for an extended period of time. More specifically, the FOMC emphasized the low rates of resource utilization (read unemployment rate) and subdued inflation trends (both current and expected) as the conditions that warrant ... http://forexweb.890m.com/us-the-fed-still-binded-to-a-zero-interest-rate-policy/ Rates are currently 0.5% (all analysts going for unchanged) QE currently stands at GBP 175bln (consensus for GBP +50bln, ranging from unchanged to GBP +50bln) King(dom) of QE Despite widespread disparity concerning the accuracy of the -0.4% Q3 GDP data, there is a growing agreement between finance professionals that the ... http://forexweb.890m.com/preview-boe-rateqe-decision/ ECB notes improvement in European activity but remains relaxed about inflation. Trichet hints that ECB won’t renew 12 month funding to banking system after December Markets may think ECB “exit strategy” implies earlier interest rate increases, but… ...Economic outlook still uncertain and the Bank of England eased policy further today. ... http://forexweb.890m.com/ecb-pre-announces-gradual-exit-from-emergency-liquidity-measures/ Rates currently at 1.00% with all analysts look for no change today at 1245GMT Focus will be on press conference at 1330GMT Latest non-event from the ECB In today’s meeting the ECB is expected to keep interest rates unchanged at 1% and signal that financial armageddon has been avoided but ... http://forexweb.890m.com/preview-ecb-november-rate-decision-and-press-conference-2/