Week Ahead: Fed and BoE rate hikes on the horizon; will RBA join in?

Send us Fan Mail The Federal Reserve and Bank of England are both expected to raise interest rates in the upcoming week, though the former will likely do so by a larger increment. However, it’s much more of a puzzle what the Reserve Bank of Australia will do as pressure is mounting on the central bank to get the rate hike ball rolling in May rather than in June. It will also be a busy week for jobs data as apart from the all-important US nonfarm payrolls report, Canada and New Zealand will al...