China: Hard-Landing Fears are Back - ING Tim Condon, Chief Economist at ING, suggests that China’s hard-landing fears are back despite fading CNY devaluation worries. Key Quotes “There was a worrying sign of a further slowdown in export growth in yesterday’s manufacturing PMI data...
ECB Preview: 10 Major Banks Expectations from June Meet As we head towards the ECB’s June meeting, following are the expectations as forecasted by the economists and researchers of 10 major banks...
JPY Expected to Depreciate Further in the Medium Term – Danske Bank Jens Sorensen, Chief Analyst at Danske Bank, sees the Japanese currency losing further ground within a year’s time...
Oil Holds $49.00 Handle, Focus on OPEC Meeting WTI crude oil prices extended its rebound from Wednesday’s low of $47.73 and are currently holding its neck above $49.00 on hopes that OPEC members might revisit their discussion on production ceiling at Thursday's meeting in Vienna...
Plenty of Distraction Ahead of ECB, ADP The primary focus is on Fed policy and whether or not the central bank will actually move this summer. But into Thursday, there are also some currency specific storylines captivating market participants' attention...
CAD: Currency Index & Volatility Relative Currency Strength While remaining in a fairly narrow range, the observed indexes still managed to show some impressively sharp moves in the past five trading days...
ECB Preview: Time to Stay Put – Danske Bank Senior Analyst, Pernille Bomholdt Henneberg at Danske Bank, expects the ECB to maintain its patient stance at the meeting today and not send any new signals about more easing...
OPEC Meeting Preview: What to Expect of Oil? Oil benchmarks on both sides of Atlantic fluctuated between gains and losses this Thursday, unable to find a clear direction, as oil markets closely monitor developments surrounding today’s OPEC ministers meet in Vienna...
ECB and OPEC Meetings in Focus Today European equity markets are expected to open slightly lower again on Thursday, as risk aversion continues ahead of today’s ECB press conference...
Can OPEC Surprise? – BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the OPEC ministers meet in Vienna today but the expectations could hardly be lower. Key Quotes “Attempts to agree on an output freeze were stymied by the Saudi's insistence that is rival Iran participates as well...
April Data: Australian Retail Sales Below Expectations, Trade Deficit Reduced Australia Retail Sales for April came at +0.2% m/m vs +0.3% exp, while Australia April trade balance saw the deficit shrink to 1.579mln vs 2100mln exp. Key points - retail sales The trend estimate rose 0...
BOJ's Sato: Believes it's Unnecessary to Persist in Hitting 2 Pct Inflation Target at All Costs Bank of Japan policy board member Takehiro Sato is crossing the wires, speaking at a meeting with business leaders, noting that believes it's unnecessary to persist in hitting 2 pct inflation target at...
ISM: Moderate Manufacturing Recovery Amid Rising Prices May’s ISM report signals continued moderate gains in the manufacturing sector. Production, new orders and export orders support the case for growth. Prices paid hint at rising input costs for manufacturers...
S&P Affirms Indonesia's Ratings at 'bb+/b', Outlook Positive Rating agency S&P has affirmed Indonesia's 'BB+' long-term and 'B' short-term sovereign credit ratings...
Sell-Off Ramps Up ahead of OPEC • Investors head for the hills, as Crude and indices plummet • OPEC meeting unlikely to help Oil prices • Volatility expected to rise as risk events come thick and fast June has started with less of a bang and more of a pop today, as investors were sent packing tow...
The US Manufacturing ISM Improved Unexpectedly in May European shares opened slightly lower but lost further ground during the session as sentiment weakened at the start of the new month. Currently, European shares lose up to 1%. US equities opened lower too...
British Pound Continues to Fall Down the Charts The British Pound has continued to fall down the charts during trading on Wednesday as a result of the markets becoming concerned regarding the upcoming EU referendum and the significant risks that the UK economy would face if the United Kingdom did...
Crude Oil Updates ahead of Inventory and Opec Meeting Supply expected to tighten due to wildfire in Canada and declining lower 48, while demand stays strong. During US trading session, API's Weekly Statistical Bulletin (WSB) is scheduled to report on total U.S...
ECB Preview: Eyes on the Staff’s Inflation Projections – ING Carsten Brzeski, Chief Economist at ING, suggests that at tomorrow’s meeting all eyes should be on the ECB staff’s inflation projections, further details on the ECB’s corporate bond purchasing programme and Mario Draghi’s attempt to str...
