Tuesday morning brings a weakening of the Japanese yen, which is the result of the decision of the Bank of Japan. The institution raised interest rates this morning for the first time since 2007. At the same time, the institution gave up control [...]

Yesterday was quite a quiet day on the financial markets, which resulted from the macro calendar being poor in key data. US Treasury yields have lost one or two basis points across [...]

In the morning we also learned about the so-called "minutes" from the last meeting of the Bank of Australia. Even though the RBA kept rates at 4,35%, records showed that bankers were considering the possibility of another interest rate increase.

This is probably the end of tightening monetary policy in Australia. Such conclusions can be drawn after the meeting of the Reserve Bank of Australia, at which the bank did not change interest rates for the second consecutive month.