Expect Downward Pressure on the JPY Going Forward - NAB Research Team at NAB, notes that the Japan’s foreign exchange reserves remain high, and at USD1.25 trillion are the second highest in the world, after China...
BOJ’s Negative Rates Drive Japanese Lending Rates to Record Low On Wednesday, Reuters reported the data released by Bank of Japan (BOJ), which showed the Japanese lending rates hit a record low in February, and highlighted its negative impact on the commercial banks' profit margins...
Oil Rebounds in Asia, EIA Inventory Report Eyed Oil benchmarks on both sides of Atlantic posed a minor rebound in the Asian trades, bringing a halt to the five consecutive sessions of declines...
ECB Coeure: Won’t take Rates into 'Absurdly Negative Territory' More ECB Coeure headlines from Politico interview published on ECB site: Not short of instruments; choice quite large Won’t take rates into 'absurdly negative territory' 'Helicopter money' not part of Gov council discussion...
Japan’s Current Account Surges to a Recent High - NAB Research Team at NAB, notes that the Japan’s current account surplus surged to ¥16.64 trillion in 2015 (3.3% of GDP), the strongest outcome since 2010. Key Quotes “The goods account improved by ¥11.3 trillion (to -¥643...
JPY: Impact on Economy of Strong Yen – Nomura FX strategy team at Nomura, had lowered its end-2016 USD/JPY forecast to 122, from 130...
Investors returned to the big banks to push up the local market, after the dovish comments from US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen overnight. The ASX 200 was up 42 points in early trade, or 0.8%, at 5047, while the All Ordinaries was up 41 points at 5117...
Nikkei 225 Drops, Rest of Asia Climb on Cautious Yellen The stocks on the Asian bourses climbed on Wednesday, taking the positive lead from the Wall Street overnight on dovish Yellen, which smashed April Fed rate hike expectations...
Asian Development Bank Cuts its China Growth Forecast Asian Development Bank (ADB) lowered its forecasts for China’s economic growth to 6.5% in 2016 from 6.7% seen in its December forecast. While GDP growth forecast for 2017 stood at 6.3...
Japan: More Expanded QE to Come - NAB John Sharma, CFA, Macro Economist – Sovereign Risk at National Bank of Australia argued that, overall, the picture is of a Japanese economy struggling to generate any momentum. Key Quotes: "Japanese GDP declined by -0...
Japan Industrial Output Tumbles 6.2% In February Industrial production in Japan fell a seasonally adjusted 6.2 percent on month in February, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said in Wednesday's preliminary reading - marking the largest single-month decline in five years...
When Makis Gounaris, a financial consultant based in Athens, decided to hire Spartan Security Ltd. to protect his apartment in September, he was told to choose from three payment options: cash, credit, or barter. Gounaris paid his entire bill in “TradePoints” using Greek barter network TradeNow...
It's official: June is off the table. On Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen delivered remarks before the Economic Club of New York. The tone was decidedly dovish, with the dollar falling, Treasurys rallying, and stocks moving higher following the speech's release...
Dollar Weakening After Yellen Stresses Need For Caution The dollar is losing ground against all of its major rivals Tuesday afternoon. The U.S. currency began to weaken after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's highly anticipated speech to the Economic Club of New York this afternoon...
Brent: Oil Market is Now Uncertain According to US Energy Department, last week oil and oil products reserves in the USA increased by 9.357 million barrels. Statistics released by API showed that oil reserves have increased by 8.7 million barrels...
Brent: The Price can Go Below the Level of 41.50 The price of crude oil Brent failed to overcome resistance level of 41.50, which was mentioned in our previous review of 23.03.2016 “the rise can be continued in case of breakdown of the levels of 41.50 and 42...
For more than a century, the Economic Club of New York has served as one of the nation's leading nonpartisan forums for discussion of economic policy issues. It is an honor to appear before you today to speak about the Federal Reserve's pursuit of maximum employment and price stability...
During a recent visit to the United Kingdom, I was struck by the extent to which the question of whether the country should remain in the European Union is dominating the media, boardroom discussions, and dinner conversations...
CNY: Tail-sizing – Deutsche Bank Research Team at Deutsche Bank, tries to answer the question that how large was the tail on Chinese growth and FX now. Key Quotes “Some suggested China was not the main tail risk for markets anymore, rather it was Europe (refugee crisis, Brexit, terrorism...
