Nikkei Rises to 1.5 Week High on Weak Yen Foreigners net sellers so far in 2016, trust banks net buyers The Nikkei gained 0.7 percent to 17,116.76 in midmorning trade after earlier hitting a high of 17,167.88, the highest level since March 17...
USD Underpinned by Renewed FED Hike Expectations The Dollar index recovered to 96.142 last Friday from its low of 94.578 on 18 Mar, due to renewed Fed hike expectations...
Japan: Inflation Remains Weak - Nomura While last week's March Tokyo core core CPI came above consensus, in view of Nomura, inflation in Japan remains weak, concluding that they expect the all-Japan core CPI inflation rate to be slightly negative y-y during 2016...
U.S. economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter, but not as sharply as previously estimated, with fairly strong consumer spending offsetting the drag from efforts by businesses to reduce an inventory overhang. Gross domestic product increased at a 1...
There is no longer a city in the south of England where house prices are less than seven and a half times average local incomes, according to analysis by Lloyds Bank that reveals how the home affordability crisis now stretches far beyond London...
The US dollar rose against all the major and most emerging market currencies last week. After selling off following the ECB and FOMC meetings, the dollar found better traction. It was helped by widening interest rate differentials...
Risk assets such as stocks, corporate bonds and bank loans have been trading in a wide and volatile range, taking investors on a roller-coaster ride up and down, including most recently a rally of about 10 percent in U.S. equity markets...
On the face of it, the latest government update on how the U.S. economy performed in the fourth quarter looked a bit more encouraging. Growth was revised to a 1...
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Winners and Losers This Week - Scotiabank Analysts at Scotiabank explained that constructive comments from Fed officials on the US economic outlook are helping underpin the USD...
Global Outlook from EZ's View - BNP Analysts at BNP Paribas offered a snapshot look at various economies, with a mixed picture for the global outlook that keeps central banks in focus. Key Quotes: "From ‘risk off’ to ‘risk on'. Dovish Fed, for how long? Eurozone growth looking good...
The holiday shutters most markets today. Several Asian markets were open, and equities were narrowly mixed, with Japan and China posting small gains. Most of the other local markets, including Australia, Korea and Taiwan slipped...
US Q4 GDP Likely to be Unchanged at 1.0% - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that although US markets are closed, the government will report another revision of Q4 GDP and the consensus looks it to be unchanged at 1.0...
Fed and BoJ Won’t Rock the Boat Near Term - SocGen Research Team at Societe Generale, suggests that the USD/JPY remain essentially driven by the expectations surrounding monetary policy in the US and Japan...
JPY: Disappointing CPI Data - BBH Research Team at BBH, notes that the Japan's CPI data disappointed and that disappointment keeps open the possibility that the BOJ takes additional measures as early as next month. Key Quotes “The headline February CPI came in a 0.3% as expected...
Dutch Q4 Economic Growth Improves As Estimated Dutch economic growth improved as initially estimated in the three months ended December, led by exports and investment, final figures from the Central Bureau of Statistics showed Friday. Gross domestic product advanced 0...
France Q4 GDP Growth Unrevised French economy expanded in the three months ended in December, in line with the second estimate, final figures from the statistical office Insee showed Friday. Gross domestic product rose 0.3 percent in the fourth quarter, but slower than the 0...
Currency Wars Have Proven Futile in the Post-Crisis Era – Deutsche Bank Gautam Kalani, Research Analyst at Deutsche Bank argues that currency wars have proven futile in the post-crisis era...
CAD: Outperforming Loony – SocGen Alvin T. Tan, Research Analyst at Societe Generale, suggests that the Canadian dollar has been among the top performers year-to-date and the chief driver of that performance is the rally in crude oil prices coupled with the improvement in risk sentiment lately...
