Daily Update - 12th October 2017
The Fed’s meeting minutes from the September meeting came out slightly more dovish than expected. Nevertheless, the FOMC remains on track to raise rates in December. The U.S. Federal Reserve minutes from its September 20 monetary policy meeting showed that the central bank sees the economy expanding at a steady clip and an interest rate hike later this year is nearly a sure thing, despite some divisions over where inflation is headed. The minutes also showed policymakers anticipate that the factors slowing down inflation will pass. The expectation is that will lead to the number hitting the 2 percent target the central bank believes is consistent with healthy growth. Although the Fed Funds indicator has put the chances of a Fed rate hike in December at about 90 percent, the Fed minutes showed there was still some uncertainty among Federal Open Market Committee members. On Thursday, Firstly, ECB President Draghi’s speech that contains an overview of financial market, economic and monetary developments, interest rate decision. It's followed by a summary of the discussion, in an unattributed form, on the economic and monetary analyses and on the monetary policy stance. Europe zone will release the Industrial production report. Australia will release Consumer Inflation Expectation (Oct) which moves the AUD. From US, Jobless Claim is due to be released as they will present the strength in the labor market. A rise in this indicator has negative implications for consumer spending which discourage economic growthYesterday’s Focus
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The Fed’s meeting minutes from the September meeting came out slightly more dovish than expected. Nevertheless, the FOMC remains on track to raise rates in December. The U.S. Federal Reserve minutes from its September 20 monetary policy meeting showed that the central bank sees the economy expanding at a steady clip and an interest rate hike later this year is nearly a sure thing, despite some divisions over where inflation is headed. The minutes also showed policymakers anticipate that the factors slowing down inflation will pass. The expectation is that will lead to the number hitting the 2 percent target the central bank believes is consistent with healthy growth. Although the Fed Funds indicator has put the chances of a Fed rate hike in December at about 90 percent, the Fed minutes showed there was still some uncertainty among Federal Open Market Committee members. On Thursday, Firstly, ECB President Draghi’s speech that contains an overview of financial market, economic and monetary developments, interest rate decision. It's followed by a summary of the discussion, in an unattributed form, on the economic and monetary analyses and on the monetary policy stance. Europe zone will release the Industrial production report. Australia will release Consumer Inflation Expectation (Oct) which moves the AUD. From US, Jobless Claim is due to be released as they will present the strength in the labor market. A rise in this indicator has negative implications for consumer spending which discourage economic growth.Yesterday’s Focus
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