Central Banks

Kathy Lien: The New Year has begun and it is important to see what the market is pricing in for central banks this year. As you may know, central bank rate hike expectations change often but as of last week, most central banks are expected to keep monetary policy unchanged in the coming year but...

I've been asked a few times by email and in posts on the forum the following question: Were I Ben Bernanke, what would I do? That's pretty simple, really. See, sound lending (absent intentional distortion by governments and central banks) is based on one fundamental fact: Borrowing always has a...

While core inflation surprised to the upside earlier this week, registering 5.15% y/y compared with consensus expectations of 4.6% (and the first 5% plus month since June 2009, most economists still believe that Bank Indonesia (BI) will likely keep its 6.75% policy rate unchanged when it meets...

Hong Kong's Central Bank is the latest institutional investor to get “China Fever”, with the city's Monetary Authority adding mainland Chinese stock and bonds to its exchange reserves fund. In November, Hong Kong joined other central banks and sovereign wealth funds by being granted Qualified...

Only the central banks can answer that one. But if Eric Sprott's assumption is correct, they might have more to do with the price than meets the eye. "One of my ongoing assumptions when I first got involved in precious metals in 2000 is that certainly central banks want to keep the price of metals...

The Bank of Japan is expected to make no changes to its standing monetary policy at a meeting finishing Thursday, but markets do expect the government to continue to support an economy disrupted by the earthquake. The yen continues has continued to fall this month, hitting 85.34 against the dollar...