Policy

In a significant move aimed at bolstering the lira, Turkey has increased the cost for banks to provide short-term deposits, a policy change that forms part of a $124 billion government-backed lira savings program. The new regulation…

Can the ECB squeeze in one more interest rate hike for the road? Or are they done tightening this time? Here’s what market watchers are expecting for the September ECB decision and how the euro might react. Event in Focus: European…

The Reserve Bank of Australia has maintained the official cash rate at 4.1% for the third consecutive month on September the 5th. However, it has indicated that there is a possibility of future rate hikes in order to effectively manage…

Crypto giant Coinbase seems to be strategically steering its ship amid constant crypto industry turbulence in 2023. The company recently unveiled its lending platform for institutional investors, aiming to fill the void left behind by major…

Much of the discussion about Bitcoin technology lately revolves around various soft-fork consensus changes to the Bitcoin protocol including new opcodes or sighashes or around layer 2 technologies like Lightning. Discussion of mempool or…

The Bank of Canada (BOC) is up in a few days! Word around the block is that the central bank will likely keep its interest rate steady in September. What’s up with that and how may CAD traders react? Here are points you need to know if…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A man walks at the headquarters of Bank of Japan in Tokyo, Japan, January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo By Leika Kihara KUSHIRO, Japan (Reuters) -After a decade of massive monetary stimulus, Japan's…

The news out of China from the weekend was of supportive policy moves:A snippet from UBS, analysts there are optimistic on the developments. On more broader moves from Chinese policy makers:China’s broader package of response measures is…

Rounding up our central bank events this week is the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) July monetary policy updates.What are traders expecting and how can the event affect JPY’s intraweek trends? Here are the important points you need to know if…

Nomura is anticipating the rate hike from the European Central Bank today to be the final move higher for this cycle, a hike of 25bp for policy rates. The depo rate at 3.75% after this, says Nomura, is to be the terminal rate.Also expect a…