WTI Targets 2016 Highs Around $50.00 Crude oil prices continue their march higher on Tuesday, lifting the West Texas Intermediate to the vicinity of the psychological handle at $50.00 per barrel...
Sterling Volatility Heightened Leading Up to the EU Referendum - Investec Research Team at Investec, suggests that they have been talking a lot recently about volatility and particularly heightened Sterling volatility leading up to the EU referendum as uncertainty of the outcome, and how the poun...
Fed: On Hold for Now - SocGen Kit Juckes, Research Analyst at Societe Generale, suggests that the Fed’s on hold for now and probably until after the Presidential Election and that’s all that matters...
Fed: Yellen Sticks to the Plan – Investec Research Team at Investec, suggests that the major event of the last 24 hours was Fed Chair Janet Yellen speaking for the last time ahead of next week's June FOMC policy meeting...
Fed Chair Yellen Attempts to Calm Nerves after Weak NFP Report - MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, notes that the US dollar has remained on a weaker footing in the Asian trading session following yesterday’s speech from Fed Chair Yellen which signalled more caution over resuming rate hi...
AUD: Lack of RBA Easing Bias Lifts the Aussie - MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, notes that the Australian dollar has been one of the top performing currencies in the Asian trading session as it continues to benefit in part from dampened Fed rate hike expectations...
Oil Steadies in Asia ahead of API Inventory Report Oil benchmarks on both sides of Atlantic ease-off fresh multi-month tops on Tuesday, correcting the previous rally, as focus now turns towards the API crude inventory report lined up for release later today...
CHF: Policymaker Shifts on Swiss Interest and Exchange Rates – Wells Fargo Research Team at Wells Fargo Securities, suggests that the interaction between exchange and interest rates for Switzerland illustrate the importance of international factors in determining domestic interest rates...
Japan: Another Huge Fiscal Package is Set to be Announced - Westpac Robert Rennie, Research Analyst at Westpac, notes that after weeks of various “sourced” news articles on whether the planned sales tax increase would be pushed back, Abe announced the tax would be delayed by two and a half years...
Clear Communication Breakdown Between Fed and Market - Rabobank Michael Every, Head of Financial Markets Research at Rabobank, suggests that the Yellen’s speech yesterday was consistent with recent Fed tradition in that it was all things to all men depending on how one wanted to read it...
ECB's Corporate Bond Buying Program Starts - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the ECB’s corporate bond buying program begins this week in which ECB will buy euro-denominated, investment grade bonds from companies incorporated within the Eurozone...
RBA Keeps Rates Unchanged: Consistent with Sustainable Growth, Inflation Returning to Target At its meeting today, the RBA Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1...
Guide to Today's Important Data and Events Quite a handful of economic dockets scheduled for today and some with high risks associated. Upcoming – Australia – Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will announce policy decision at 4:30 GMT...
Commodity Shares Rally Drives Asia Higher, China Bucks Trend The stocks on the Asian bourses attempt a tepid-bounce so far this session, as the sentiment remains buoyed by a renewed rally in the commodity shares after markets cheered the news that the commodities’ prices rose by more than 20% sin...
Moody's Publishes New Zealand Covered Bonds Performance Overviews: Q1 2016 Moody's Investors Service has published performance overviews for Q1 2016 for five New Zealand covered bond programs...
Moody's Publishes Australian Covered Bonds Performance Overviews: Q1 2016 Moody's Investors Service has published performance overviews for Q1 2016 for six Australian covered bond programs...
RBA Preview - What to Expect in AUD/USD? AUD/USD was bid on broad US dollar weakness overnight after Yellen spoke on the nonfarm payrolls result and monetary policy in a speech in Philadelphia. The risk now comes with the RBA meeting today...
Yellen Removes “In The Coming Months” - Nomura Analysts at Nomura offered a review of Yellen’s speech. Key Quotes: "Federal Reserve Chair Yellen spoke in Philadelphia today...
RBNZ: Can There be a Surprise Cut in Rates? – TDS Research Team at TDS, suggests that the RBNZ is caught flat-footed when compared with the RBA...
