BoJ Kept Monetary Policy Unchanged in Shirakawa Last Meeting
The Japanese central bank, the Bank of Japan (BOJ), on Thursday ended its last policy meeting under...
Mario Draghi Calls for Structural Reforms to Stabilize EU Economy
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi called on euro zone governments to implement structural...
ECB Rates Unchanged -Weary of Italy
The European Central Bank left interest rates on hold as it gauges how big a threat Italy poses to t...
USD/JPY – BOJ Keeping Boat Steady Before Kuroda Joins
BOJ kept overnight rate at 0.1% and maintained Asset Purchase target at 76 Trillion Yen during today...
EUR / USD – Central Bank Week Continues
As we stand at the midweek point it is important to recap some of the events of the first half that ...
CAD Drops after BoC Calls Current Rate Appropiate
The Canadian dollar weakened against its U.S. counterpart after the Bank of Canada indicated it wonâ...
Philly Fed President adds Momentum to Scale Back QE
Charles Plosser is not a voting member in the Federal Open Committee this year is adding his voi...
Japan Opposition to Argue Iwata BoJ Deputy Nomination
A Japan opposition Democratic Party lawmaker who is involved in screening candidates for the Bank of...
Mixed Signals from BoJ Deputy Nominees
The Japanese government's nominees for the Bank of Japan's two deputy governors offered contrasting ...
RBA Hold Cash Rate at 3.00% – AUD/USD Reaction
RBA held its reference rate at 3.00%, meeting market expectations. In the accompanying statement,...
USD/JPY – BOJ Nominees fail to impress
BOJ Deputy Governor Nominees Kikuo Iwata and Hiroshi Nakaso gave their testimony in the Parliament c...
China to announce new PBOC Govenor by Mar 16
China’s national legislature will decide on government positions including central bank governor b...
USD/JPY – Not moving despite Kuroda’s “Whatever it Takes”
Haruhiko Kuroda spoke to the public for the first time today after nominated for BOJ Governor by Shi...
Survey Shows 40 percent of Economists Polled Expect BoE to Increase size of QE
Chances are rising that the Bank of England will decide to start buying assets again next week to su...
No Rate Cut For Mexican Peso
Mexican central bank board member Manuel Sanchez said he doesn’t see a case for the first interest...
Haruhiko Kuroda nominated as Bank of Japan Governor
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda to lea...
India Trying to Creat Room for Further Rates Cut
India’s government may curb spending growth in the budget tomorrow to pare the widest fiscal defic...
European Banking Authority Warns about Variations in Risk Calculations
Regulatory action may be needed to end variations in the ways banks add up the risks on their books ...
China Central Bank Repurchases Bonds
China's money rates jumped on Tuesday after the central bank continued to drain funds from the marke...
USD/CNY – PBOC tightening potentially strengthening Yuan
The People's Bank of China sold repos for the first time in 2013, and first time in 8 months last we...