Day: August 23, 2022

Aug 23
Statement on the publication of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022

The Central Bank of Ireland welcomes today’s publication of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022. The Central Bank will continue to work with the Department of Finance throughout subsequent stages as the legislation progresses through the Oireachtas to enactment. Once the Bill has been enacted the Central Bank intends to publicly consult on […]

Aug 23
Fiscal policy and planning for resilience

At last week’s meeting of the ECB’s Governing Council, we decided to increase our main policy rate by 50 basis points.  This continues the normalisation of our monetary policy, a path that we had started to travel on last December. Our aim is to dampen the inflationary pressures that we’re seeing in the euro area […]

Aug 23
Higher real income growth, reduced spending and precautionary savings contributed to significant increase in Irish household deposits during the pandemic

Central Bank Economic Letter finds that, while household deposits increased across all euro-area countries during the pandemic, Irish deposit growth was among the highest, exceeded only by Baltic countries. Unlike Ireland, these countries had very high pre-pandemic deposit growth, marking the Irish experience as exceptional. While the virus and related restrictions reduced spending, a higher […]

Aug 23
Daily Market Outlook, August 23, 2022

Daily Market Outlook, August 23, 2022 Overnight Headlines Hedge Funds Pile Into A Record Hawkish Rate Bet Pre-Jackson Hole ING: Euro Woes Set To Worsen On Asia Fx Intervention Sales USD Steady, Euro At Two-Decade Low On Energy, Growth Woes Pound Dives And Inflation Bets Hit A Record On UK Energy Crisis Japan’s Aug Factory […]

Aug 23
Market Spotlight: GBPAUD Downside Opportunities On Watch

GBPAUD Trend Trading Price action in GBPAUD is looking interesting here. Following the lengthy block of consolidation we saw over recent month, the pair attempted to breakdown below the 1.7218 level last week, but was rebuffed on the initial attempt. However, price is now turning lower once again and, with both MACD and RSI turning […]

Aug 23
Crypto trader doubles portfolio in a month betting against Jim Cramer

Cramer is known for giving his investment expertise as the host of CNBC’s “Mad Money” but has developed a reputation in the crypto community for missing the mark. 616 Total views 12 Total shares Twitter-famous crypto trader AIgod has brought a smile to the community after announcing he’s doubled his “Inverse Cramer” portfolio in just […]

Aug 23
Bitcoin won’t hedge inflation until it hits 1B wallets: Scaramucci

The Skybridge Capital CEO said Bitcoin needs much more proliferation before it can act as an inflation hedge. 1160 Total views 6 Total shares Skybridge Capital CEO Anthony Scaramucci believes that while Bitcoin continues to be an attractive asset, it has not reached the “wallet bandwidth” that is required for it to be considered an […]

Aug 23
Telegram founder suggests ‘NFT-like smart contracts’ to auction usernames

Pavel Durov, the founder of encrypted messaging app Telegram, has floated the idea of a marketplace that could utilize “NFT-like smart contracts” to auction highly-sought after usernames.  Durov made the suggestion after the “success” of domain name auctions by The Open Network (TON), a layer-1 blockchain originally designed by the Telegram team. The blockchain project […]

Aug 23
Election Notice – 8/22/2022

Summary The purpose of this Election Notice is to notify members of an upcoming election to fill one small firm seat on the National Adjudicatory Council (NAC). Eligible individuals who obtain the requisite number of valid petitions may be included as candidates on the ballot by following the petition procedures described in this Election Notice. […]

Aug 23
Micro USD/JPY FUTURES (M6J!), H4 Potential For Bullish Rise

Type: Bullish Rise Key Levels:Resistance: 138.35Pivot: 137.05Support: 135.30 Preferred Case:On the H4, with the price moving within the ascending channel and above ichimpku cloud, we have a bullish bias that the price may rise from the pivot at 136.89, which is in line with the overlap resistance to the 1st resistance at 138.29, where the […]