Fed rate hike "at upcoming meetings" – Fed’s Fischer

FXStreet (Mumbai) - Stanley Fischer, the Vice-Chair of the Federal Reserve (Fed) Board of Governors, suggested at a conference in the UK on Tuesday that he and his colleagues will consider raising the federal funds rate "at upcoming meetings."

Fischer added, "And while the link between wages and inflation can be tenuous, it is encouraging that we are seeing tentative indications of acceleration in labor compensation."

GBP/USD hovers around 1.57

The GBP/USD pair is trading in the sideways manner around 1.57 levels as the European desk’s response to the overnight Greek default is awaited.
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Central Bank Reserves and negative EUR rates – DB

Alan Ruskin, Macro strategist at RBS, offers the Q1 IMF COFER summary, and further explains that the negative rates might not have been necessarily the key factor behind EUR’s slide.
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