Entries Categorized as 'aud/usd'

FOMC, ECB, RBA Meetings: What is Priced in?

Date October 31, 2011

The Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and the Reserve Bank of Australia have monetary policy meetings scheduled this week and some investors expect these central banks to change monetary policy. Here’s what the market is pricing in according to interest rate futures. You can compare them with the Central Bank expectations back in September. [...]

CNBC Interview: Outlook for AUD and JPY

Date October 26, 2011

I was on CNBC Squawk Box Australia last night talking about the Australian dollar, China and Japanese Yen with Karen Cho

July Rate Expectations: No Moves Expect for ECB in 2011

Date July 5, 2011

The latest economic developments have caused investors to push out their rate expectations for all of the major central banks. In May, the ECB, BoC and RBA were all expected to raise rates before the end of the year and now aside from the ECB no one is expected to tighten. Rate expectations [...]

What Now for the AUD?

Date June 7, 2011

Last night, the Reserve Bank of Australia left interest rates unchanged at 4.75 percent. Many investors were looking for hawkish comments from the central bank but as suspected, the RBA failed to deliver. Given the recent deterioration in economic data (that we showed in our Australian Data Table), I was a bit surprised by [...]

How Has the Australian Economy Changed Since May?

Date June 6, 2011

Here’s a look at how the Australian Economy has Changed Since May