Day: January 9, 2019

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  The Bank of Canada meet Wednesday - preview

  The BoC decision for January 2019 will be announced at 1500 GMT on 9 January 2019  The consensus estimate is for no change to rates [...]
  2019-01-09 23:11:04

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  AMP's Oliver says the RBA will cut rates to 1% in 2019 - here's why

  Shane Oliver of AMP (huge Australian fund manager - the fund, not Shane) cites his reasoning (in brief): Our view the RBA will cut the[...]
  2019-01-09 23:11:04

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  PBOC's Yi says to implement prudent monetary policy

  PBOC governor Yi Gang comments via Xinhua News Agency - Will improve monetary policy transmission mechanism - To step up support of the real economy[...]
  2019-01-09 23:11:04

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  Fed's Bullard: Rates are in the right place, no more hikes are warranted

  Comments by St Louis Fed president James Bullard doing the rounds - Fed bordering on "going too far" and pushing economy into a recession -[...]
  2019-01-09 23:11:04

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  More Bostic: Impact on government shutdown hasn't been direct so far

  Answer questions The Atlanta Fed president adds: A link to the speaking engagement can be found ForexLive
  2019-01-09 23:11:04

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  Fed's Evans: Expects fed funds rate to eventually rise to 3%-3.25%

  Fed's Evans speaks in Illinois The current fed funds rate is 2.00%-2.25%. The Fed projected two rate hikes in 2019 at the December meeting.  That[...]
  2019-01-09 23:11:04

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  Bostic: Fed should let economy run for awhile to see how it responds

  Bostic comments More dovish stuff. There's going to be a steady stream of this in the week ahead with many FOMC member slated to speak.[...]
  2019-01-09 23:11:04

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  USD/CAD falls to a fresh one-month low with the BOC decision up next

  Bank of Canada decision up next USD/CAD is down for the seventh consecutive day as the US dollar comes under pressure on a dovish Fed.[...]
  2019-01-09 23:11:04

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  Bank of Canada leaves overnight rate unchanged at 1.75%, as expected

  Highlights of the Bank of Canada rate decision Guidance statement: "Weighing all of these factors, Governing Council continues to judge that the policy interest rate[...]
  2019-01-09 23:11:04

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  Full statement from the Bank of Canada

  Bank of Canada maintains rate of 1.75% The Bank of Canada today maintained its target for the overnight rate at 1 ¾ per cent. The Bank[...]
  2019-01-09 23:11:04

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