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Ignazio Visco stating the obvious Ideally the output gap would be addressed via investment The ECB doesn't want monetary policy to be the only game in town (bit late for that chummy) ECB mon pol has substantially reduced the deflation risk...
Details from the May 2016 UK retail sales data report 16 June 2016 Prior 1.3%. Revised to 1.9% 6.0% vs 3.9% exp y/y. Prior 4.3%. Revised to 5.2% Ex-fuel 1.0% vs 0.3% exp m/m. Prior 1.5%. Revised to 2.0% 5.7% vs 3.8% exp y/y. Prior 4.2%. Revised to 4.8...
German IFO institute out with their latest school report 16 June 2016 The Ifo Institute expects real gross domestic product to grow by 1.8% this year and by 1.6% in 2017. This would further reduce the output gap, which will almost close next year...
European Central Bank out with its monthly bulletin 16 June 2016 stimulus from existing measures to have more impact Blimey, all go this morning. Is it time for the football yet? Full release here ( basically a re-hash of the Draghi ECB meeting statement...
Swiss National Bank chairman Jordan with his press conference 16 June 2016 Brexit vote may cause uncertainty, turbulence will monitor situation closely and act if required franc remains significantly overvalued neg rates absolutely essential tool...
Swiss National Bank statement following the rate hold decision 16 June 2016 franc significantly overvalued Brexit concerns causing uncertainty and may increase Here ya go. As per printed programme. expects moderate growth in global economy to sustain over the coming quarters...
Swiss National Bank out with their latest interest rate decision 16 June 2016 3-month lower target LIBOR -1.25% 3-month upper target LIBOR -0.25% sight deposit rate -0...
Japan government spokesman across the wires. 16 June 2016 will pay even closer attention than usual and act if needed Bring it on then Suga. Put the call in. Put up or shut up. wants BOJ to continue to work toward inflation target...
Bank of Japan governor still up to the rostrum 16 June 2016 BOJ policy not to underwrite govt spending but to achieve price stability excessive yen moves could have impact on prices BOJ closely watching fx, fin market moves we are not conducting mon pol in sync with fx moves...
BOJ governor turns his attention to FX rates 16 June 2016 will monitor moves carefull yen gains that don't reflect economy undesirable various ways to respond to surge in dollar cost always checking dollar funding costs for Japanese banks...