After a disappointing end to 2018, Swiss external trade started the year on a solid footing with exports rising 1.1% m/m (nominal, seasonally adjusted) to CHF 18.9 billion, thanks to a bounce back in demand from Asian countries (+9.3% m/m). Imports increased 3.4% to CHF 17.5 billion...
This Wednesday should bring news of the US Federal Reserve’s normalization strategy. The Fed’s January meeting dropped its tightening bias. Yet with interest rates on hold for now, investors will watch balance sheet management...
Following mid-2018 talk between US President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker that avoided duties on EU car imports to the US, the story now resumes...
Ведущий оператор рынка валютной наличности FastMatch, Inc. и его основатель и бывший генеральный директор Дмитрий Галинов сообщили о достижении мирового соглашения по иску, поданному г-ном Галиновым против FastMatch и материнской компании Euronext US...
The rise in inventories continues, and attention is turning to OPEC+ members which have tightened supply, pushing Brent, WTI and Shanghai future up by 4.15%, 3.13% and 2.95%, their highest in 3 months...
December’s retail sales gave a stark reminder that the economy is not rosy anymore. They contracted 1.2% monthly in December versus +0.1% expected, and November’s figures were downwardly revised. This is the largest contraction since September 2009...
Brexit deadlock remains. Will Prime Minister Theresa May maintain political support and win concessions from the EU? We’ll see at the next vote, scheduled for 27 February. We expect GBP/USD to decline further as Brexit fatigue weighs on traders. Currently trading at 1...
Following January’s Bank of Canada’s (BoC) meeting, which decided to maintain its key rate at 1.75% for the second consecutive time, the loonie is holding up against the greenback...
Brexit is going down to the wire. We are hurtling towards 29 March with scant evidence the EU-UK are closer to resolution. Political brinkmanship has damaged GBP (although Euro has not performed well either), with traders selling upticks and buying low volatility...
The Swiss economy remains robust and Swiss companies are optimistic, with order backlogs, stable employment and high capacity utilization. Inflation was quiet in January, with headline consumer prices +0.60% and -0.30% in yearly and monthly terms. Overall prices advanced 0.50% annually (prior: 0...
Three months ahead of general elections, the new Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Das surprised the marketplace with a rate cut of 0.25%, putting the Current Rate at 6.25%. No change had been expected...
50 days before the official divorce of the UK from the EU, it seems that nothing has fundamentally evolved from 2 months ago, when controversies over the initial Withdrawal Agreement forced Prime Minister Theresa May to postpone the vote to January 2019...
Inflation outlook cuts by the Bank of Japan for 2019 don’t seem to bother investors, who are favouring JPY as a safe haven currency, after US President Trump’s State of the Union address that didn’t provide any news on trade talks with China...
After rising as much as 1% yesterday, the Australian dollar tumbled to 0.7125 against the greenback on Wednesday morning after an unexpected dovish switch from the central bank...
US equity markets have recovered sharply since, however, headwinds remain. US stocks moved quickly from over-bought to over-sold, as investors’ worries over US recession, trade tensions and Fed tighter monetary policy faded...
Despite a rise in inventories, crude prices continue to gain ground. All three crude oil futures – Brent, WTI and Shanghai – have bounced from their lows of December 2018, up 16.13%, 20.17% and 15.03% year-to-date...
Australia’s central bank’s (RBA) first policy meeting of the year is not opening in the best conditions. Unpleasant news from both home and foreign markets are weighing on the economy while optimism on growth is fading. Despite repeated intentions to raise its cash rate (currently at 1...
The Eurozone is walking a tightrope. Q4 2018 data suggests the European economy is growing slowly amid softer Chinese demand, Sino-American discord and a Brexit stalemate. After a 2018 yearly GDP gain of 1.20%, a 5-year low, inflation appears to have picked up...
