Day: June 27, 2018

• 
  BOE's Haskel says opportunities for adjusting bank rate to control the economy appear to be growing more

  Comments by incoming BOE member John Haskel, as he testifies before the Treasury Select Committee on his appointment Haskel will be taking over from Ian[...]
  2018-06-27 22:10:50

---

• 
  BOE's McCafferty says central bank shouldn't dally on interest rate increase

  BOE hawk Ian McCafferty comments in a speech in London No surprises from McCafferty's comments. He is a hawk and one of three dissenters in[...]
  2018-06-27 22:10:50

---

• 
  BOE's Haskel says central bank has scope to cut rates slightly lower in case of economic downturn

  Further comments in parliament by incoming BOE member John Haskel His comments here are what is sending sterling lower now. Cable falling to a low[...]
  2018-06-27 22:10:50

---

• 
  BOE's Haskel says gradual unwinding of QE would have minimal effects

  Further comments by incoming BOE member John Haskel There's still some way to go before QE unwinding begins. The BOE last week adjusted the threshold[...]
  2018-06-27 22:10:50

---

• 
  ECB's De Guindos: Confident in the path of inflation

  Comments from ECB VP Luis De Guindos He's sticking to the party line here. EUR/USD is a touch higher, perhaps on a show of confidence.
  2018-06-27 22:10:50

---

• 
  Big speech from Poloz coming up on Wednesday

  Poloz to speak at 1900 GMT Wednesday Late on Wednesday, Canadian dollar traders will look to BOC Governor Stephen Poloz for guidance on what's coming[...]
  2018-06-27 22:09:08

---

• 
  RBA meeting preview - could contribute to the AUD/USD falling to 0.7200

  This is a preview of the Reserve Bank of Australia meeting coming up (July 3, 2018) with thoughts on the impact on the Australian dollar[...]
  2018-06-27 22:09:08

---

• 
  ECB's Lane: 'Increasingly confident' our policy is working

  They love to talk about how confident they are European leaders have tried to move to a US-style corporate bond market system rather than banks[...]
  2018-06-27 22:09:08

---

• 
  Bostic: Fed trying to keep economy on stable path

  Bostic in Alabama Hum-drum stuff from Bostic.
  2018-06-27 22:09:08

---

• 
  Fed's Kaplan: We don't have a lot of labor slack in this country

  Dallas Fed President Kaplan Nothing really notable in these comments.
  2018-06-27 22:09:08

---