It’s a bullish start of the week for Australian equities and a good kickoff on public holidays. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) policy minutes have already had an effect, but the recent quarterly inflation data releases is a confirmation that the RBA next step will be a rate cut...
Losing close to 0.75% against the buck since last week, the indian rupee is facing further difficulties. The latest policy minutes of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) provide a good insight of where monetary policy is heading while risks over oil and food prices make committee members worried...
Investors remained on the sidelines after a long weekend. Markets were still closed in numerous countries yesterday (Easter Monday...
The day started out quietly with limited trading action during the Asian session. The last employment report from Australia didn’t rock the boat as it came in line with market expectations. In March, the unemployment rate stabilised at 5% as the employment change increased by 25...
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Chinese economy accelerates The publication of the last batch of Chinese hard data painted a better-than-expected picture of the country’s economic situation. Investors have increasingly worried that slowing growth in the world second largest economy would have a significant global impact...
Chinese economy accelerates The publication of the last batch of Chinese hard data painted a better-than-expected picture of the country’s economic situation. Investors have increasingly worried that slowing growth in the world second largest economy would have a significant global impact...
Things have changed rapidly in the past few months. Initially considering a rate hike for 2019, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has finally changed its rhetoric, gradually turning from a hawkish to neutral and finally reversing towards a dovish bias...
Even Tiger Woods Augusta win could not help the malaise settling over equity markets. The DJIA fell 0.1% to 26,385, the S&P 500 Index was down 0.1% to 2,906. The financial sector led the modest decline as Goldman Sachs and Citigroup presented mixed quarterly results...
Investors ended last week on a risk-on mood amid optimism regarding ongoing trade talks between China and the US. On Saturday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that the US and China were nearing the final stage of trade negotiations...
Considering the recent development in USD/ZAR, one has to admit that FX traders remain highly indulgent as to what concerns the South African rand...
This week FX volatility faded further, credit spread tightened while US stocks headed towards 2900. Major central banks issued warning and IMF reduced outlook. Normalization is now a thing of the past for the G10...
The ECB monetary policy meeting followed by Fed Minutes left investors rather confused as to where both economies are heading...
Equity markets soften as investors avoided risk after the IMF downgraded its global growth forecasts. Crude oil fell on the lower growth outlook and Russian voicing approval with the current level of oil prices...
After rejecting PM May’s Withdrawal Agreement and failing to agree on any alternative, UK MPs are again counting on May’s persuasive power to obtain another extension agreement...
A rebound in US employment figures, ongoing sanctions in Iran, Venezuela and now war escalation in Libya without mentioning OPEC’s production cut and improving Sino-American trade discussions remain the major factors for current lift in oil prices...
At the start of the trading week, markets are lacking new drivers that could provide meaningful direction. Last week, US labor market data failed to provide any clarity. US NPF recovered to 196k from ultra weak 20k prior read while wage growth decelerated to 3.2% from 3.4...
It seems that the Japanese yen (unlike the greenback) can’t get rid of poor economic data. Poor February exports figures of -1.20% (prior: -8.40%) in negative territory for the third consecutive time as well as low February wage earnings, down 0.80% following January revised -0...
