Month: August 2018

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  Turkish central bank says banks are to be provided all the liquidity they need

  CBRT issues a statement - Collateral deposit limits for lira transactions raised - More than one repo auction may be conducted per day now -[...]
  2018-08-16 22:10:43

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  CBRT cuts lira required reserves by 250 bps for all maturities

  Turkey's central bank steps up intervention measures - Cuts required reserves ratios for non-core FX liabilities by 400 bps - Now allows the use of[...]
  2018-08-16 22:10:43

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  AUD traders - heads up for RBA Gov Lowe speaking later this week

  Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Lowe appears before parliament (House of Representatives' Standing Committee on Economics) on Friday August 17 This is a twice-yearly appearance[...]
  2018-08-16 22:09:06

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  Bank of Japan Japanese Government Bond buying operation - unchanged amounts

  Just noting on the scheduled Bank of Japan Japanese Government Bond buying - 5 - 10 years, 10 - 25 years, 25+ years remaining until[...]
  2018-08-16 22:09:06

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  PBOC sets USD/ CNY reference rate for today at 6.8856 (vs. yesterday at 6.8695)

  Weakest for the onshore yuan set since early May of 2017 PBOC has skipped OMOs again today … at least so far  ForexLive
  2018-08-16 22:09:06

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  NY Fed consumer survey: One year inflation expectations hold at 2.98%

  3 year inflation expectations falls to 2.88%. Lowest since February The New York Fed survey is done by a 3rd party that sources a rotating[...]
  2018-08-16 22:09:06

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  Westpac update their RBNZ forecast, expect first hike May 2020 (from Nov 2019)

  Westpac citing a change in approach under new regime under Governor Adrian Orr:  - RBNZ is now WPAC assessing that restrained tradable inflation set to persist[...]
  2018-08-16 22:09:06

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  China press: China should prepare for free-floating yuan

  Shanghai Securities News report on 'should' prepare framework for a floating yuan I reckon a free float of the Chinese currency could well be some[...]
  2018-08-16 22:09:06

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  More on China should prepare for free float of the yuan

  A piece in the PBOC-run Financial News  - On the front-page report - Citing an unidentified expert - China should prepare free-floating exchange rate management[...]
  2018-08-16 22:09:06

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  People’s Bank of China sets yuan reference rate at 6.8695 (vs. yesterday at 6.8629)

  PBOC has skipped OMOs again today,  - neutral (no RRs mature) - Bank citing relatively high level of banking system liquidity - 18th consecutive no[...]
  2018-08-16 22:09:06

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