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Winners and Losers This Week - Scotiabank Analysts at Scotiabank explained that constructive comments from Fed officials on the US economic outlook are helping underpin the USD...
Global Outlook from EZ's View - BNP Analysts at BNP Paribas offered a snapshot look at various economies, with a mixed picture for the global outlook that keeps central banks in focus. Key Quotes: "From ‘risk off’ to ‘risk on'. Dovish Fed, for how long? Eurozone growth looking good...
The holiday shutters most markets today. Several Asian markets were open, and equities were narrowly mixed, with Japan and China posting small gains. Most of the other local markets, including Australia, Korea and Taiwan slipped...
US Q4 GDP Likely to be Unchanged at 1.0% - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that although US markets are closed, the government will report another revision of Q4 GDP and the consensus looks it to be unchanged at 1.0...
Fed and BoJ Won’t Rock the Boat Near Term - SocGen Research Team at Societe Generale, suggests that the USD/JPY remain essentially driven by the expectations surrounding monetary policy in the US and Japan...
JPY: Disappointing CPI Data - BBH Research Team at BBH, notes that the Japan's CPI data disappointed and that disappointment keeps open the possibility that the BOJ takes additional measures as early as next month. Key Quotes “The headline February CPI came in a 0.3% as expected...
Dutch Q4 Economic Growth Improves As Estimated Dutch economic growth improved as initially estimated in the three months ended December, led by exports and investment, final figures from the Central Bureau of Statistics showed Friday. Gross domestic product advanced 0...
France Q4 GDP Growth Unrevised French economy expanded in the three months ended in December, in line with the second estimate, final figures from the statistical office Insee showed Friday. Gross domestic product rose 0.3 percent in the fourth quarter, but slower than the 0...
Currency Wars Have Proven Futile in the Post-Crisis Era – Deutsche Bank Gautam Kalani, Research Analyst at Deutsche Bank argues that currency wars have proven futile in the post-crisis era...
CAD: Outperforming Loony – SocGen Alvin T. Tan, Research Analyst at Societe Generale, suggests that the Canadian dollar has been among the top performers year-to-date and the chief driver of that performance is the rally in crude oil prices coupled with the improvement in risk sentiment lately...
USD/CAD: Lower on Oil and Valuation – Danske Bank Jens Nærvig Pedersen, Senior Analyst at Danske Bank, suggests that the pressure on the Canadian economy is mounting from weakness in the US as well as the global economy, low commodity prices and a hesitant stance on monetary policy from the Bank...
Sterling Takes a Pounding – SocGen Alvin T. Tan, Research Analyst at Societe Generale, suggests that the Sterling has been the G10 laggard this quarter amid mounting Brexit risks and the downward pressure is likely to intensify as we get closer to the referendum date in late June...
Asia Roundup: Asian Markets Trading on a Mix Note As Many Markets Shut Globally to Mark Good Friday - Friday, March 25th Market Roundup Japan Fin Min Aso – Not thinking about compiling extra budget, no truth to reports of spending vouchers for young people, economic fundamentals solid, labor mark...
Japan Jan Leading Index Revised Up The leading index for Japan, which measures the future economic activity, increased at the start of the year instead of a decline initially estimated, final figures from the Cabinet Office showed Friday. The leading index rose to 101...
Eurozone: Monetary Easing Leaves More Scope for Fiscal Stimulus – Goldman Sachs Research Team at Goldman Sachs, suggests that running an easier fiscal policy is more feasible now than at the peak of the Euro crisis...
BoJ to Catch Up on Negative Rates Relative to Europe – Danske Bank Research Team at Danske Bank, suggests that with the introduction of a negative interest rate policy the BoJ has added another dimension to its policy framework and can now pursue monetary easing by combining quantitative and qual...
USD/JPY: Expect BoJ to Cut by 20bp in April – Danske Bank Research Team at Danske Bank, notes that the Japanese GDP contracted 0.3% q/q in Q4 15, and they see a high risk of a technical recession in Q4-Q1 with yet another negative growth rate in Q1. Key Quotes “Inflation printed at 0...
