Japan Azumi: there will be no vacuum in FX policy
Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi said on Tuesday it is a mistake to assume there will be a vacuum...
BoJ May Influence Yen to Escape Deflation
One member of the Bank of Japan's policy board said the central bank may need to boost inflation exp...
Overseas Japanese Bond Holders Reach Record High
The outstanding balance of Japanese government bonds held by overseas investors hit a record high of...
Fed Kocherlakota Suggest suggests holding rates until employment above 5.5 percent
Kocherlakota, one of 19 U.S. monetary policymakers and a known hawk, suggested the Fed should keep r...
BOJ Expands Asset Purchase Program: Reaction
Following the footsteps of Fed, Bank of Japan (BOJ) increased its asset-purchase warchest to 55 tril...
Fed Policymakers Debate QE3
Fed policymakers broadly agree that unemployment, at 8.1 percent, is much too high; most agree also ...
German Central Banker Weidmann Will not Back Down
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann Tuesday reaffirmed his opposition to the European Central Bank's ...
European Banks Failed to Deleverage Aided by ECB Loans
European banks pledged last year to cut more than $1.2 trillion of assets to help them weather the s...
QE3 Hit by Mortgage Processing Delays
This is not a newly discovered issue. We've seen Central Bank actions not translating to the desired...
Beware China’s quantitative tightening
We've discussed last week, that China's recent easing attempt may not be enough. Our Chief Currency ...
ECM and IMF Deny Spain Bailout Talks
Spain will present new reforms by the end of September, EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary A...
Japan Minister To Act on Yen Appreciation
Finance Minister Jun Azumi said Friday Japan "will act decisively" to stem the yen's sharp appreciat...
Markets Expect Yen Intervention
Currency markets are on high alert for intervention from Japan's central bank to weaken the yen, whi...
ECB, IMF in talks over EUR 300 billion Spanish rescue plan
The European Central Bank is negotiating with the International Monetary Fund on a Spanish rescue pa...
Japan goes on intervention watch after Fed’s QE3
The foreign-exchange market was on the lookout Friday for possible Japanese intervention to suppress...
FED MBS Purchase Statement Sep 13 2012
The FOMC directed the Open Market Trading Desk (the Desk) at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to...
RBA September Quarterly Bulletin
RBA has published its quarterly bulletin which gives us a few insights on the methodology they use f...
Markets Doubt More Fed Easing Will Boost Hiring: Survey
CNBC has done a survey on the likelihood of QE. Some key takeaways: A full 90 percent of the 58 ...
Fed Move Unusual When Stocks Are Hitting Multi-Year Highs
The title used in this CNBC article can be misleading. There is nothing really "unusual" about Fed m...
Barroso EU Should Evolve into Federation of Nation Sates
EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has called for the EU to evolve into a "federation of na...