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Czech Republic Enters Currency Wars With First FX Intervention In 11 Years, Koruna Plunges
Moments ago the Czech Republic officially entered the global currency wars with the first currency intervention in 11 Years
- CZECH CENTRAL BANK APPROVES KORUNA INTERVENTION
- KORUNA WEAKENS 3.2% VS EUR AS CENTRAL BANK OKS INTERVENTION
- CZECH CENTRAL BANK SAID TO BUY EUROS IN MARKET
This has led to the biggest Koruna drop in 4 years. Whoever was long the EURCZK, take the rest of the day off:
Some more from Bloomberg:
- Czech central bank board approves start of currency interventions at monetary-policy meeting today, bank says in statement on its website.
- Bank says will intervene to keep koruna to near 27/EUR in statement announcing decision
- Bmark 2-wk repo rate left at what bank calls “technical zero” of 0.05%
- All 19 analysts in Bloomberg survey forecast bmark interest rate will be kept unchanged
- Ceska Narodni Banka to hold news conference at 2:30pm in Prague
Full statement here:
CNB keeps interest rates unchanged, decides on interventions
The CNB Bank Board decided at its meeting today to keep interest rates unchanged. The two-week repo rate was maintained at 0.05%, the discount rate at 0.05% and the Lombard rate at 0.25%.
The Bank Board also decided to start using the exchange rate as an additional instrument for easing the monetary conditions. The CNB will intervene on the foreign exchange market to weaken the koruna so that the exchange rate of the koruna against the euro is close to CZK 27.
The history of the settings of the main instruments of monetary policy and the Bank Board minutes are available at
http://www.cnb.cz/en/monetary_policy/instruments/index.html#mpi
http://www.cnb.cz/en/monetary_policy/bank_board_minutes/index.html
Repo rate: The CNB’s key monetary policy rate, paid on commercial banks’ excess liquidity as withdrawn by the CNB in two-week repo tenders.
Discount rate: A monetary policy rate which as a rule represents the floor for short-term money market interest rates. The CNB applies it to the excess liquidity which banks deposit with the CNB overnight under the deposit facility.
Lombard rate: A monetary policy interest rate which provides a ceiling for short-term interest rates on the money market. The CNB applies it to the liquidity which it provides to banks overnight under the lending facility.
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Hungarian ZLOTY : TIMBER Serbian Banks = Default Latvian Banks = default Whole Swedish banks trapped in Latvian and Baltic Real Estate Losses.
Currency crash = 1997 Asian financial crisis
http://www.planbeconomics.com/2013/11/documentary-asian-financial-crisis...
According to Obama.....those guys definitely punch above their weight.
Could be serious.....just sayin.
Is it too early in the morning to call for a Corona intervention?
Who wants to play domino's?
poor czechs who were lured into EUR and CHF mortgages, they are working overtime today and for years to come.
Not just them, Hungarians too were lured into CHF loans.
One of my Czech acquaintance called it theft by state.
guys. there are NO eur, nor chf mortgages in the Czech Republic whatsoever
What the fuck are you blathering about?
He bet me he could confuse you.
He won......I lost.......one dollar!
Is this what a 'plunge' looks like?
No, no, no. It's bullish.
for europocalypse options...
O THEY ARE TAKING THE DAY OFF FOR SURE.
anybody see soros lately? how the brits never took him fishing is just amazing.
They will lose this game....no one wins this game...
O/T but important global development if confirmed: Speculation that Miley Cirus has inked a new tattoo depicting her grandmother, hedge accordingly.
Damn, what broker in retail even offers that pair? I wonder which broker/bank/ECN Soros uses?
http://www.dailyfx.com/forex/market_alert/2013/11/07/BOE_Leaves_Rates_Unchanged_GBP_Moves_Lower.html
I just got hammered on my USDCHF shorts... Lots of fun today in the currency market.
It is obvious that our Fantasy, fed supported economy will continue until an outside unknown event, that cannot be controlled, acts upon it. The reality will be incontrovertable. It only works when everyone plays by same rules. At some point A spanner will be thrown into the works.
A Small country, in desparation, may go beyond the rules of "the great Game" and in doing so will shine the crashing light of reality upon this mess.
And now the EU comes in with the big hammer....KABOOM
Bullish Moser Crystal