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BoE Policymakers Unanimous On Rate Ahead Of "Brexit" Bank of England policymakers unanimously decided to maintain the interest rate and the asset purchase programme amid heightened uncertainty ahead of the EU referendum in June...
Indonesia Central Bank Slashes Key Rate For Third Time This Year Indonesia's central bank cut its interest rates for a third time this year and said there was more room for easing amid easing inflationary pressures and less global uncertainty...
Pound Mixed Ahead Of BoE Interest Rate Decision At 8.00 am ET Thursday, the Bank of England is set to announce its interest rate decision and minutes of the meeting. The bank is set to hold its key rate at a record low 0.50 percent and asset purchase programme at GBP 375 billion...
Crude Oil Steaming Toward $40 Crude oil prices continued to rise Thursday morning despite record U.S. inventories. Commercial crude oil inventories increased by 1.3 million barrels from the previous week, the EIA said. WTI crude oil for April was up 73 cents at $39...
Gold Jumps Near $1270 As Fed Turns Skittish Gold prices surged Thursday morning after yesterday's surprisingly dovish Federal Reserve statement. Nervous about the global economy, the Fed predicted two rate hikes in 2016 instead of four...
Swiss National Bank Retains Negative Interest Rates The Swiss National Bank retained its negative interest rate and repeated that it will be active in the foreign exchange market as the Swiss franc remains significantly overvalued...
Euro Rises As Eurozone Core Inflation Beats Forecasts The euro strengthened against most major rivals in the European session on Friday, as the Eurozone annual core inflation rose more than expected in February...
FOMC: Surprise Came in the Downward Adjustment of the Dot Plot - Rabobank Bas van Geffen, Quantitative Analyst at Rabobank, notes as widely expected the FOMC decided to leave rates on hold. Key Quotes “The surprise came in the magnitude of the downward adjustment of the dot plot...
GBP/USD Advances Above 1.4400 on BoE The buying interest remains solid around the British pound, with GBP/USD now flirting with session highs beyond 1.4400 the figure...