Former Bank of England policy maker Kate Barker believes that the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee (MPC) will be reluctant to raise interest rates if its members see in such move the threat of pound’s appreciation that will have negative impact on Britain’s economic recovery.
Barker notes that pound’s decline seen during the crisis was regarded as a very positive factor for the country’s economy. The specialist, however, is sure that British central bank doesn’t have target for the...
Australian dollar is declining versus the greenback for the third consecutive day. Today the pair AUD/USD fell below the parity with its US counterpart as Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens claimed that the country’s monetary authorities concluded it was “sensible” to keep interest rates at the current level.
As a result, according to a Credit Suisse Group AG index based on swaps, traders reduced forecasts on the amount of increases over the next 12 months from 41 basis points...
The single currency is testing the psychologically important level of 1.32 against Swiss franc. Analysts at UBS say that this resistance seems to be rather strong and euro will have many difficulties in getting higher, supported though by Thursday’s advance.
The specialists note that note that the pair EUR/CHF is affected, on the one hand, by the concerns about the euro zone’s debt crisis and, on the other hand, by the loose Swiss National Bank monetary policy which is widening money-market...
英国央行二月完成了会议,跟预期一样,货币政策委员会(MPC)仍决定不改变关键利率。此外,英国央行宣布计划继续购买价值200亿英镑的债券。 Standard Chartered Bank的经济学家认为,英国央行的重点是随着工资的增长的消费物价通胀。迄今为止,在该国的工资增长是比必要的,以便刺激通胀。专家认为,今年的利率将维持在0.5%水平。 汇丰银行分析师表示,英国现在是面临困难的时候,提高利率将是一个错误。从他们的角度来看,近期英镑可能跌至1.55美元。 与此同时,ING分析师指出,尽管对加息的可能性的担忧会对英国经济增长造成影响,并给英国央行越来越多的压力。考虑到通胀的最近公布的数据和业务同时,专家认为,加息可能会在五月出现。Barclays Capital也认为,英国央行担心的紧缩货币政策的问题在未来数月里将将继续冲击市场。
Commerzbank技术分析师认为,欧元兑美元修正的恢复从最低向1.3500发展。从他们的角度来看,EUR/USD下降到55天移动平均线1.3400, 正在向200日均线1.3101左右靠拢。 专家认为,目前欧元交易正低于阻力水平在1.3750/85,汇率将继续受到空头的压力。 如果EUR/USD将能够克服1.3785的水平,那么它很可能会强大上升到测试水平以上。
澳新银行外汇分析师认为,在澳大利亚劳动力市场数据公布之后,投资者对澳元的兴趣减少了。 1月份该国的就业人数增长到了24.000,像预计中一样增长了1.5万,但全职雇员人数减少。失业率仍维持在5%的水平。 AUD/USD下降至1.0100以上水平,在数据公布之前它向1.0070发展。专家提醒注意,早些时候澳大利亚已经从1.0120反弹到了1.0080。从他们的角度来看,首选策略仍然是贬值时用来购买。
美国美元从上周五的最低点81.10区域上涨到了82.70日元附近。Mizuho技术分析师指出,USD/JPY遇到了抵抗呈下降趋势,这是很容易从周线图上发现的。 从他们的角度来看,如果美元能够接近一个大型的“三角形”的上限,突破阻力线和一个微妙的日间云,将会变为看涨势头。 据Mizuho,阻力在82.72,83.00和83.22水平,而支持在82.34,82.20和81.77水平。
Citigroup的分析师建议投资者购买下跌中的GBP/USD,但不要期望英镑会有大的下滑或者持续很长时间。 最可能的是,银行人士说,英国央行将维持现在的利率不变,可能会稍微降低英国货币的汇率。 在2月16日和2月23日,中央银行分别对通货膨胀和货币政策委员会会议纪要做出报告之后,英镑再次回到了高处。