Top 5 Things to Know In the Market on Tuesday Here are the top five things you need to know in financial markets on Tuesday, March 29: 1...
Fed’s Williams Expects to See Rates Rising Gradually Speaking in Singapore, San Francisco Fed president John Williams repeated that he sees rates rising gradually. Key Quotes: There’s a way to go before Fed shrinks balance sheet Recent inflation developments are very encouraging...
BOJ Policy on Way to Trigger Fiscal Stimulus Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) massive monetary stimulus may not have boost inflation much so far and economy is struggling to recover post sales tax hike of 5% but it is on its way to boost fiscal policy and lead to the release of fiscal stimulus by the govern...
EUR/JPY: Bulls Eyeing March 11 High Offered tone around Yen continues to gather pace, with EUR/JPY cross looking poised to test key technical hurdle of 127.29 (Mar 11 high). European stocks rally, weigh over EUR The cross appears to have lost steam as it approached 127...
Italy Consumer Confidence, Factory Morale Rebound In March Italy's consumer confidence improved in March after declining in the previous month, on the back of stronger economic expectations, while a better assessment of order books boosted the morale in the manufacturing sector for the first time...
Yen on Worst Losing Run Since 2012 Against Dollar Yen is on its worst losing stretch against Dollar, since 2012. Over past eight trading session, it has depreciated against Dollar by about 2%. Last time Yen lost that much is when, in 2012 Yen declined about 2...
US Consumers Unlikely to be Supportive of US Economy in Q1 2016 US recorded modest growth of 0.2% m/m in personal income in February, as compared with consensus expectation of 0.1% growth. Real disposable income, excluding taxes and inflation, grew strongly by 0.3% m/m. Personal spending grew 0...
Australian Bonds Flat Despite Weak U.S. Data The Australian 10-year bond yield is unchanged on Tuesday despite weaker U.S. economic data which dampened expectations of further US rate rises. Moreover, U.S. Commerce Department in its report revealed that personal spending rose tad +0...
Asian Stocks Struggle to Find Footing After Easter Break With liquidity back into markets after a four-day Easter holidays break, the stocks on the Asian indices turned into the negative territory after an early wobble this Tuesday, with the Australian stocks leading the decline in its Asian coun...
Fitch: Indonesia Bank Support Unchanged by New Financial System Law The recent approval of the Financial System Crisis Prevention and Mitigation Law by the Indonesian House of Representatives does not materially change the likelihood of government support for domestic systemically important banks...
Japan Household Spending Climbs 1.2% In February The average of household spending in Japan advanced 1.2 percent on year in February, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said on Tuesday - standing at 269,774 yen. That topped expectations for a decline of 1...
If another recession hits, does the Federal Reserve have any tools left to bring the economy back to growth and stability? Or has it run out of ammunition...
Dollar Attempting A Comeback From Early Weakness The dollar dropped against its major European competitors Monday morning, but has begun to pare those losses this afternoon. Markets in Europe are closed today for the Easter holiday and U.S. economic data was largely positive this morning...
Efficiency Stands in Way of Natural Gas Price Recovery This year natural gas price has dropped well below $2/mmbtu, observed during 2012 trough and still sliding further. Today price is down another -2.2%, trading at $1.77/mmbtu. Price has dropped to lowest levels since 1999...
Worrisome Signs Series: World Trade Suffers Further Setback in 2016 According to data from CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis, global trade suffered further setback in January, to start the year, posing doubts, whether global economy can actually recover, without key component, tr...
USD/CAD Trims Losses as Oil Drops Oil benchmarks surrendered gains, helping the USD/CAD recover from the session low of 1.3229 to trade around 1.3250 levels. Eyes US data The immediate focus now is on the US data, which is expected to show personal spending and income growth slowed in February...
Brent Oil Rejected at 5-DMA, Surrenders Gains Brent oil is now trading largely unchanged on the day after prices failed to sustain above 5-DMA level of $40.88...
Oil in Global Economy Series: Why Rigs Deactivation Doesn't Matter Much? According to latest numbers from Baker Hughes, number of active oil rigs operating in United States has dropped to lowest levels since 2008/09 financial crisis...
Canadian Dollar Rises As Oil Prices Advance The Canadian dollar strengthened against most major currencies in the early European session on Monday, as oil prices rebounded from last week's decline. Investors focus on the OPEC's meeting next month to discuss proposal to freeze output...
