Fed Minutes Hawkishness Propelled USD Higher – Lloyds Bank Research Team at Lloyds Bank, suggests that a surprisingly hawkish set of US Fed minutes of the 26-27 April FOMC meeting, supported by positive economic data, led to a rally in the US dollar and Treasury yields over the past week...
EuroDollar Net Shorts Reduced – Deutsche Bank Research Team at Deutsche Bank, lists down the commitments of traders report for the week ended on Tuesday, May 17, 2016. Key Quotes “Interest Rates: Speculators decreased their net shorts in Eurodollar and Treasury futures by $4.3 billion to -$51...
Leveraged Funds Reduced Short USD Positions - ANZ The ANZ Team shares summarizes the latest positioning data for the week ending 17 May 2016, noting that Leveraged funds continued to be short for the USD for a fourth straight week, although these short positions were reduced by USD0...
The dollar’s three-week rally is just the beginning, according to Deutsche Bank AG. A slump by the greenback earlier this year has “likely run its course,” analysts at the world’s second-largest currency trader wrote in a note Friday. The bank favors buying the U.S...
It's the Polish zloty. So just how undervalued is the zloty? According to Deutsche Bank's Global FX Research team, led by Alan Ruskin and George Saravelos, the currency is "extremely cheap" and undervalued by about 10%. Poland's economy expanded 3...
USD: Investors Inclined to Rebuild Longs - SocGen Research Team at Societe Generale, notes that a rise in USD rates had been missing from the rebound of the dollar from the early May low but this now has been partially addressed and in theory gives the dollar a base to strengthen, in particular a...
Deutsche Bank Recommends to Sell All EM Currencies Deutsche is with Dollar. In its quarterly currency report, Deutsche Bank has said that EM currencies are not out of the woods, while Dollar has juice left. Latest call for hikes from U.S...
US Dollar Leaps to Highs Near 95.50 The US Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback vs. its main rivals, has quickly reverted initial losses and is now testing daily peaks in the mid-95.00s...
UK Strategy: Pricing Out Referendum Risk? – Deutsche Bank Jack Di-Lizia, Strategist at Deutsche Bank, suggests that the upcoming EU referendum continues to represent a significant driver of risk dynamics...
CAD: No Fireworks in the Forthcoming BoC Meet – RBC CM Research Team at RBC Capital Markets, suggests that the BoC meeting (no press conference or MPR) comes on Wednesday with an unchanged 0.50% overnight rate universally expected...
G7, Brexit and Fed Rates - Rabobank Jane Foley, Research Analyst at Rabobank, suggests that usually the FX market is left disappointed by G7 communiques and the FX market tends to be only one part of the agenda that faces finances ministers and central bankers of some of the world’s leading econo...
Fed June Hike Odds can Rise to 45-50% Before they Stabilise - Westpac Richard Franulovich, Research Analyst at Westpac, suggests that US interest rate markets finally “get the message” that June is live, the market implied probability hitting 30% after the hawkish tone in the FOMC minutes from al...
Hawkish Fed Shift to Offer More Support for the USD - MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, notes that the foreign exchange market has remained relatively stable overnight after absorbing the shock from the strong signal sent by the Fed that it plans to resume rate hikes soon...
Bank of Canada Likely to Remain Dovish, CAD to Remain at Low Levels for Time Being Canada is due to release its inflation report for April today, followed by the central bank’s decision next week. The Bank of Canada is quite calm as the inflation of 1...
Canada: Setting Up for Retail Sales (March) and CPI (April) – TDS Research Team at TDS, suggests that Canada’s retail sales will complete the full swath of activity data for Q1 following the release of manufacturing and wholesale sales earlier this week. Key Quotes “With Q1 GDP tracking at 2...
UK: Consumer Quite Active ahead of Brexit - ANZ Research Team at ANZ, notes that the UK witnessed a very strong retail sales data for April as the headline sales rose 1.3% m/m and March's fall was revised significantly to -0.5% vs -1.3...
Pound Bid on UK Retails Sales - ANZ Analysts at ANZ noted that there were very strong retail sales data for April for the UK overnight. Key Quotes: "Headline sales rose 1.3% m/m and March's fall was revised significantly to -0.5% vs -1.3...
FOMC Minutes Keeping Dollar Bid - FXStreet Valeria Bednarik, chief analyst at FXStreet explained that the hawkish tone of the FOMC Minutes kept the dollar running this Thursday, as investors were caught on the wrong side of the market when the Central Bank opened doors for a June rate hike...
Fed: We Believe FOMC will Wait Until September to Raise Rates - Danske According to analysts from Danske Bank, the minutes from the latest FOMC meeting showed a divided committee and they continue to expect the next rate hike to take place in September...
