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Monetary Policy

The April FOMC minutes clarified the hawkish shift that marked the meeting. The Fed held at its last meeting, but there were four dissents. While Governor Miran favored a 25 bps cut, regional presidents Hammack, Kashkari, and Logan supported a hold but voted…
Canada’s data keep disappointing, and stable but still-restrictive financial conditions point to subdued growth ahead. As we recently highlighted, Canadian economic surprises turned negative earlier this year and have kept falling. Canada also faces several…
The Bank of England’s latest Monetary Policy Report offers a clean framework for thinking through an oil shock and the appropriate policy response. The first channel is the direct effect of higher energy prices on inflation such as higher gas and utilities…
The Riksbank left rates unchanged and is likely to stay on hold, as soft inflation and weaker growth leave little case for tightening. The policy rate was left at 1.75%, as expected, and the Riksbank signaled it will remain on hold in the near term. This…

Central banks remain on hold amid heightened uncertainty. We rely on BCA’s Central Bank Monitors to assess the current policy stance of major central banks, and highlight the tactical opportunities across bond markets and currencies.

The BoJ held rates overnight, but the direction of travel hasn’t changed. We discuss how stronger wages, rising inflation, and a weak yen point to further tightening ahead.

With central banks largely on hold, the return of a lower volatility environment is bringing carry trades back into focus. We outline the most attractive carry opportunities across global fixed income markets.

We do not expect the oil shock to have a lasting effect on inflation. Looking further out, a variety of structural forces will influence inflation, including fiscal policy, globalization, demographics, and AI.

In today’s Strategy Insight, we show why both a quick resolution and a prolonged crisis ultimately point to lower yields.

We discuss the takeaways from this week’s central bank meetings amidst the unfolding energy price shock.