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Financial Times foreign exchange correspondent Roger Blitz talks to experts on the currencies market about the week ahead, looking at the global political and economic factors driving the world’s larg... more
FAQs about FT Hard Currency:How many episodes does FT Hard Currency have?The podcast currently has 290 episodes available.
September 15, 2016Speak and ye shall findCould the Federal Reserve learn something about how to communicate to the market from the Swiss National Bank? Peter Rosenstreich of Swissquote and FT Switzerland correspondent Ralph Atkins join Roger Blitz to discuss how currencies respond to policymakerspeak. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more16minPlay
September 08, 2016Euro 0, Sterling 1 (Dollar wins on penalties)While the European Central Bank tackles a sceptical market, the Bank of England takes credit for surprising UK economic data. But as Rabobank's Jane Foley tells Roger Blitz, it's the US that really calls the shots. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more14minPlay
September 02, 2016Renminbi watchThe market has become more sanguine about the devaluation of the Chinese currency in recent months. Geoffrey Yu of UBS discusses what has changed and tells Rochelle Toplensky what we can expect in the event of a Fed rate rise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more10minPlay
August 26, 2016Psst... wanna buy the euro?The pound, the yen and the dollar have dominated FX in 2016, putting the euro in the shade. But as Dominic Bunning of HSBC tells Roger Blitz, there is growing resilience in the performance of the single currency and that is set to continue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more13minPlay
August 18, 2016Stronger sterling stokes slow summerA pick-up in the pound, a call to rethink Federal Reserve strategy, yen strength and US rate hike talk awoke FX traders from their sunbeds. Societe Generale's Kit Juckes sifts through the week's developments and tells Roger Blitz which of them really matters Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more11minPlay
August 11, 2016China's renminbi one year on: One step at a time from the PBoCStephen Gallo from the Bank of Montreal looks back at China' s move to devalue its currency a year ago, and tells Michael Hunter that policymakers have since adopted a softly-softly approach to ensuring the renminbi can reflect the rebalancing of its economy while also adapting to conditons on the global market. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more14minPlay
August 04, 2016Time is ripe for commodity and emerging market currenciesThe Bank of England's rate cut, a stuttering US economy and the ongoing difficulties of the eurozone should help currencies linked to commodities and strong emerging markets, Koon Chow of UBP tells Michael Hunter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more9minPlay
July 28, 2016'Mary Poppins' monetary policyThe outlook for policy at central banks id back at the forefront of the market. Hans Redeker, global head of FX strategy at Morgan Stanley, joins Michael Hunter to discuss if policymakers will ever have conditions that are 'practically perfect in every way' before they can act Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more11minPlay
July 21, 2016Traders not yet Trumped by the DonaldThe dollar is on the rise, suggesting the market is either unfazed by the prospect of a Trump presidency or has yet to focus on it. Jordan Rochester of Nomura tells Roger Blitz that a Trump triumph wouldn't be the first "shock" to be ignored by the market Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more14minPlay
July 14, 2016Meanwhile, in a world beyond Brexit...Steven Englander of Citigroup tells Roger Blitz why global concerns have moved on from the UK's European travails to the search for yield, China and Trump Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more13minPlay
FAQs about FT Hard Currency:How many episodes does FT Hard Currency have?The podcast currently has 290 episodes available.