JPY: Abe Expected to Unveil a Larger Liscal Program - BBH Research Team at BBH, notes that at the last G20 meeting, Japan may have been questioned about its unexpected rate cut at the end of January...
USD Now Shifted the Focus to June – Westpac In opinion of Richard Franulovich, Strategist at Westpac, the greenback will take centre stage in the run up to the Fed meeting in June...
Dollar Consolidates after Yesterday's Big Gains - BBH Research Team at BBH, notes that the FOMC minutes came in on the hawkish side and the statement that “most” Fed officials saw a June hike as “likely” if warranted by the economy did the trick...
UK Retail Sales Bounces Back - TDS Research Team at TDS, notes that the UK retail sales in April bounced back 1.3% m/m off an upward-revised March decline of -0.5% m/m (was -1.3%), confirming their upside bias...
Fed Minutes Highlight a Committee that Want to Raise Rates – Deutsche Bank Research Team at Deutsche Bank, notes that the Fed minutes last night highlight a committee that continues to want to raise rates whenever they can push it through...
Market Was Caught Off Guard by Hawkish FOMC Minutes - TDS Cristian Maggio, Head of Emerging Markets Strategy at TD Securities, suggests that the market was caught off guard by hawkish minutes from the 27 April FOMC meeting and is all of a sudden reassessing its views on US monetary policy...
Dollar Rally Stalls, But Bid Remains Market Drivers May 19, 2016 AU Labor data in line UK Retail Sales Strong beat Nikkei -0.01% Dax -1.59...
FTSE Sinks Despite Surge in Retail Sales The stronger US dollar appears to be the key theme in play as hawkish Fed minutes handed the US dollar direction back to the bulls...
Hawkish Fed Sends Stocks Lower The FTSE 100 is trading sharply lower this morning after last night’s FOMC minutes showed a notable hawkish shift amongst the voting members, bringing the possibility of a US rate hike in June back to the table...
European Bonds Slide on FED Rate Hike Outlook The European bonds slumped Thursday as investors cooled on safe-haven assets after FOMC April meeting minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s strengthened bets of an interest rate hike in June...
GBP: Currency Index & Volatility Relative Currency Strength Although the Pound Sterling Index was moving below the base line over the vast part of the period ended May 17, by the last day of it this currency managed to regain quite enough strength to close with an increase of 0.38...
German Bunds Slump on FED Rate Hike Expectations, Focus on Crude Oil The German long-term bunds slumped on Thursday as investors cooled on safe-haven assets after FOMC April meeting minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s strengthened bets of an interest rate hike in June...
Oil Drops -1.5% Amid Growing Supplies, Stronger USD Oil benchmarks on both sides of Atlantic dives deeper in the red this Thursday, extending heavy losses witnessed a day before, as rising US crude supplies and Iran’s output dampened the sentiment around the black gold...
Gold Breaks Major Support $1256, Decline Till $1230 Is Possible - Good to Sell on Rallies Major support - $1256 (200 day 4H MA) Major intraday resistance - $1265 The yellow metal has declined drastically on stronger dollar and declined 1.5% yesterday...
Australian Bonds Plunge on Hawkish FOMC Minutes The Australian government bonds plunged on Thursday after minute release from the April FOMC meeting that indicated policymakers were in support of a move to raise rates in June if the economy supported it...
Fed Signals Rate Hike in June on Conditions of Economic Improvement The minutes of the April 26-27 Federal Reserve Open Market Committee Wednesday signaled markets of a possible rate hike in June, if the US economy good track of improvement...
Guide to Today's Important Data and Events Quite a handful of economic dockets scheduled for today and some with high volatility risks associated. Data released so far – Australia – Unemployment rate for April declined to 5.7...
Australia: Not Yellen Yet, Just Hinting – ANZ Research Team at ANZ, suggests that low volatility, even lower bond yields globally, and tighter credit spreads have provided a favourable backdrop for Australian corporates to issue and investors hungry for yield are providing a willing buyer...
USD and US Interest Rates Headed North after FOMC Minutes – Westpac Martina Song, Research Analyst at Westpac, notes that the US dollar and US interest rates rose sharply after the minutes of the Fed’s 26/27 April meeting were released...
