CAD: Canadian Growth Surprises - Nomura Charles St-Arnaud, Research Analyst at Nomura, suggests that a recovery in the manufacturing sector and in most sectors has pushed the Canadian growth higher. Key Quotes “Monthly GDP increased by 0...
Oil Eases in Asia, Brent Flirts with $ 40 Oil benchmarks on both sides of Atlantic resumed their broader downtrend after a brief stint to the upside seen on Thursday, as a stronger US dollar weighed on the black gold...
Asian Stocks in Red Ahead of Non Farm Job Results, Gold Finds Support Around $1230 All the major Asian markets are trading in red as market await NFP job results. In addition, Gold remains supported around $1230 mark...
BoE: Credit Crunch Risks Ahead? - BTMU Analysts at Bank of Tokyo explained that the BoE warns of credit crunch risks...
USD/JPY is Vulnerable to a Resolution - Scotiabank Eric Theoret, CFA, CMT FX Strategist at Scotibank explained that JPY is steady consolidating its recent gains, trading around the mid-point of its multi-month range...
GBP Voltility and Tin Hats - Rabobank Analysts at Rabobank explained that the value of the UK trade weighted index has plunged around 6% since the start of the year...
Tomorrow is the first Friday of a new month and that means only one thing – it’s non-farm payroll (NFP). All eyes will be front and center when March’s U.S monthly jobs report is released at 08:30 EDT...
Brent: Pressure on the Price will Continue The data released by the US Department of Energy yesterday showed that oil reserves in the USA amounted to 2.299 million barrels last week. The rise was below expectation of +3.167 barrels. However, the reserves have reached 80-year high...
UK Steel Industry Crisis Adds Fodder to Brexit Supporters? Tata Steel on Wednesday put its British business up for sale, adding that EU rules restricting state aid were to blame for its decision – a claim which was seized on by campaigners for Brexit...
Eurocoin Indicator Falls To 11-Month Low In March The eurocoin indicator, which measures the current economic situation in the euro area dropped for the second straight month in March to the weakest level in nearly one year, a report from the Bank of Italy and the Centre for Economic Policy Resea...
AUD: Temporary Strength but Long Term Weakness to Prevail – ANZ Research Team at ANZ, suggests that the recent rally in the AUD has coincided with a basing in commodity prices, but in fact it represents a repricing of global recessionary risk...
CAD: All Eyes on January GDP Data - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the Canada reports January GDP today. Key Quotes “It is expected to rise 1.1% y/y vs. 0.5% in December...
Sterling: Unsettled by Politics - ANZ Research Team at ANZ, suggests that the opinion polls on the outcome of the referendum on EU membership (23 June) continue to show a very close-run contest...
Turkish Lira At More Than 4-Month High Vs U.S. Dollar After Strong GDP Data The Turkish Lira firmed against the U.S. dollar in European deals on Thursday, as Turkey's economy expanded at a faster-than-expected pace in the fourth quarter of 2015...
Renminbi Series: Yuan-Hibor Turns Negative First Time Ever Remember the Hibor? That came notoriously famous as after this Yuan based, Hong Kong interbank offered rate, in January reached 66.8% in January...
Euro Higher After Eurozone Consumer Price Inflation The euro gained ground against the other major currencies in European trading on Thursday, after data showed that inflation in the euro area improved modestly in March, albeit remaining negative due to sharp falls in the energy prices...
Gold lost more than 1% as a surge in assets caused by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's dovish remarks implied higher risk, prodding some investors to capitalize on previous gains...
Pound Rises As U.K. GDP Revised Up The British pound strengthened against the other major currencies in the early European session on Thursday, after data showed that the U.K. economy expanded more than previously estimated in the fourth quarter...
Eurozone Consumer Prices Fall For Second Month Eurozone consumer prices decreased for the second straight month in March, flash data from Eurostat showed Thursday. Consumer prices fell 0.1 percent in March from a year ago following a 0.2 percent drop in February...
