With a second increase in the RBA (AUD) central bank rate to 3.5% and the Norges bank (NOK) also recently increasing its rate by 25 bps (target rate 1.25-2.25%), the carry trade may be resurrected from the ashes of 2008. The carry trade unwound completely this year as central banks reduced their rates (eg the [...]

In addition to looking at fundamentals and sentiment, there is another force at work in the markets, and that is the central banks. They have significant power to move markets, at least temporarily. They most often “jawbone”, or talk about what they want, or what is right, or what they might do. Less often, because [...]