This means that the current account surplus must decline by more than the amount of CGBs that
foreign central banks purchase, and in fact could easily drive the current account into deficit.
Whatever the analysts may suggest, SGE withdrawal levels in comparison with previous years, have to be a good indicator of total Chinese demand (
excluding Central Bank purchases which apparently don't go through the SGE).
Over half of German Bunds are ineligible for European
Central Bank purchases as their yields are below the official deposit rate, currently -0.4 percent, according to Pictet.
I've proposed that
central banks purchase mortgage backed securities to remove risk from financial markets a couple of times as one part of a package of measures to free up credit markets,
He does not identify the change
in central bank purchasing patterns, but neither does he mention the Fed's decision at the last FOMC meeting not to expand their Treasury purchase program.
In response, some central banks have turned to unconventional tools like quantitative easing (QE), where
a central bank purchases sovereign bonds in an effort to drive down interest rates and drive up consumer spending and capital investment.
We get into some fixed income wonkery — Liquidity, supply, safety, demand,
central bank purchases, and the dearth of high quality assets all are part of our conversation.
Central bank purchases, investor yield - seeking and safe - haven flows have driven down yields on government and investment grade corporate bonds.
Wall Street would like to see another round of quantitative easing, where
the central bank purchases bonds, but that may be too aggressive a step at this time.
In the fourth quarter,
central bank purchases, led by China and Russia, were up an impressive 25 percent over the same quarter in 2014.
Central bank purchases, investor yield - seeking and safe - haven flows have driven down yields on government and investment grade corporate bonds.
Also, if
the central bank purchases gold to meet a rise in demand, the prices rise, affecting the prices across the country.