Central bank powwows to hog spotlight

AFTER a week of rocky trading, the Singapore bourse could quite possibly be headed for more choppiness with the tug of war between monetary policy and trade fears as the dominant trading theme set to continue this week.

For now, the US Federal Reserve meeting on Thursday - where a rate hike is widely expected - is expected to grab the spotlight, and hence the focus will be on the Fed's tightening trajectory. Simply put: Will there be three (as widely projected) or four rate hikes for the year?

Alongside that, other central bank powwows are also on the cards for the week in the UK, New Zealand and Indonesia; with expectations for no policy rate changes.