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- Will the Fed Follow in Canada?s Footsteps With a Lower Rate Cut?
- Kathy Lien submits: The Bank of Canada cut interest rates by 25bp to 2.25%. This move was smaller than the market expected but still represents 75bp of easing since the beginning of the month. With the Federal Reserve set to reduce interest rates next week, Canada’s explanation...
- External links 2008-10-21
- FOMC Preview: How Far Will the Fed Go?
- Kathy Lien submits: The biggest event risk this week is undoubtedly the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decision on Wednesday. Now more than ever, the Fed’s decision could turnaround the currency and equity markets. Since the last interest rate cut by the central bank on October 8th, the dollar...
- External links 2008-10-28
- Could Recession Turn the UK into the Next Japan?
- Kathy Lien submits: When the Bank of England cut interest rates by 150bp last week, I turned aggressively bullish EUR/GBP on the belief that interest rates are headed below 2%. The currency pair has now hit a record high as the market realizes that not only will UK...
- External links 2008-11-12
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- ECB Interest Rate Decision Is a 'Wildcard'
- Kathy Lien submits: In Tuesday’s Daily Currency Focus, we said that the 1.45 level was significant support in the EUR/USD.A break below that level would have opened the door for a move down to 1.42. Even though the EUR/USD did take out the support to hit an intraday...
- External links 2008-09-03
- Australian Rate Decision: How Low Will They Go?
- Kathy Lien submits: Compared to other G10 nations, the slowdown in the Australia’s economy has not been as deep. Of the eight major central banks, Australia currently has the highest interest rate. Tuesday evening, the RBA will be faced with the tough decision of cutting interest rates once...
- External links 2009-02-03
- Will Non-Farm Payroll Numbers Trigger a Rate Cut?
- Kathy Lien submits: Will Non-Farm Payrolls Push the Fed to Cut Interest Rates? September non-farm payrolls are due for release on Friday and now more than ever the level of job losses could determine whether the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this month and by how...
- External links 2008-10-02
- Retail Sales, PPI - and Why the GDP Could Still Tank
- Kathy Lien submits: US retail sales and producer prices were basically in line with expectations but that does not undermine the fact that the data was very weak and confirms that the Federal Reserve will be cutting interest rates by 75bp next week. USD/JPY hit a 13 year...
- External links 2008-12-12
- 3 Questions the FOMC Statement Needs to Answer
- Kathy Lien submits: Tuesday’s FOMC meeting will be remembered for decades to come as the Federal Reserve brings interest rates down to the lowest level this generation has ever seen. With 2 realistic options on the table and economists and traders divided on how much the Fed will...
- External links 2008-12-15
- Will the Dollar Rally End in 2009? The Traders Expo New York Transcripts
- Earnings Call ExcerptSpeakers Kathy Lien, Director of Currency Research, GFT Boris Schlossberg, Director of Currency Research, GFT Thursday, February 5, 2009 About the Speakers Kathy Lien is the director of currency research...
- Earnings calls 2009-02-26
- Euro Rallies After ECB Cuts 50bp
- Kathy Lien submits: After having cut interest rates by 50bp Thursday morning to 2 percent, ECB President Trichet is finally buckling down and signaling that he is ready to cut interest rates again BUT NOT UNTIL March. Despite the weakness in the economy and softer inflation pressures, the...
- External links 2009-01-15
- Canada Takes Rates to 50 Year Low
- Kathy Lien submits: The Bank of Canada took interest rates to a 50 year low of 1.5 percent Tuesday morning and signaled that further monetary stimulus may be needed. Their next rate decision is on January 20th and there is a strong chance that the central bank will...
- External links 2008-12-09
- Will Bank of Canada Take Rates Down to U.S. Levels?
- Kathy Lien submits: The Bank of Canada cut interest rates to 1.00 percent, the lowest level ever for the 75 year old central bank and signaled that they could bring interest rates down to US levels. The historic move was motivated by the sharp downturn in the US...
- External links 2009-01-20
- What Is the Fed Waiting For?
- Kathy Lien submits: Before the US stock markets opened Tuesday morning, the Federal Reserve announced a plan to buy commercial paper directly from issuers in yet another attempt to unfreeze the credit markets. Although this led to a rally in US stocks, USD/JPY and other carry trades, the...
- External links 2008-10-08
- There's Some Good News Behind the Dollar's Rebound
- Kathy Lien submits: After seeing the US dollar sell off for 5 straight days against the Euro and Japanese Yen, we were not entirely surprised to see Friday’s recovery, especially on the heels of better than expected economic data. The market has become accustomed to disappointments so good...
- External links 2008-12-19
- AUD/NZD: Further Gains Ahead?
- Kathy Lien submits: Comments from RBNZ Governor Bollard Wednesday afternoon triggered a sharp sell-off in the New Zealand dollar. After having already cut interest rates by 525bp, he is telling us that the New Zealand economy could still weaken and because of that, he is not happy with...
- External links 2009-04-01
- How Has the U.S. Economy Changed Since the Last Fed Meeting?
- Kathy Lien submits: The U.S. dollar is trading lower ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision. There is no question that the U.S. economy has improved since the last meeting. The housing market has stabilized, the equity markets are higher and the pace of job losses...
- External links 2009-06-24
- FOMC Meeting: Fed Talks Tough on Inflation
- Kathy Lien submits: For the second meeting in a row, the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged at 2 percent. By now, everyone should realize that the easing cycle has come to an end and that the next move by the Fed will be a rate hike and...
- External links 2008-08-05
- New Zealand Cuts Rates, Euro Falls
- Kathy Lien submits: The Euro broke 1.40 following the Reserve Bank of New Zealand interest rate decision as traders realized that the European Central Bank could cut interest rates over the next few months. Despite the hawkishness of ECB President Trichet, it should just be a matter of...
- External links 2008-09-10
- Quantitative Easing 101
- Kathy Lien submits: Quantitative Easing (QE) are the latest buzz words in the financial markets. It is important to become intimately comfortable with these words because they will be the catch phrase of 2009 thanks to the latest interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve and the Bank...
- External links 2008-12-21
- Euro Hits One Year Low as ECB Leaves Rates Unchanged
- Kathy Lien submits: The European Central Bank President has finally buckled under the weight of bank failures, recessions and slower global growth. Although the ECB left interest rates unchanged at 4.25 percent Thursday morning, Trichet has paved the way for an interest rate cut before the end of...
- External links 2008-10-02
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