Fundamental view: The US dollar has rallied quite a bit against the Japanese yen during the trading week but it has given back about half of the gains. Dollar strength has been largely a function of rising US interest rates, the yield on the 10-year Treasury has gained about 40 basis points this year to 1.336% [...]
Fundamental view: The British pound has rallied significantly to take out the 1.40 level. Reaching this level is a mix of British of upbeat UK corona virus statistics and a twist lower in the dollar amid yield-moving stimulus speculation. The British variant is the reason or excuse of several countries struggling to cope with COVID-19. [...]
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) is about to keep the Official Cash Rate (OCR) on hold at its first monetary policy decision of 2021 next week, as the economy stages a swift turnaround from the coronavirus crisis. All of the 12 economists concluded that the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) will be [...]
Japan's central bank governor said that he told the country's prime minister the bank would conduct a review of its policy tools in March to make sure that it can maintain ultra-loose monetary settings for a long period. Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said he also told Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga that the global economy appeared to [...]
