After a bumpy start into the summer, caused by the temporary rise in political uncertainty, the Brazilian real has finally returned to its pre-crisis level and stabilised at around 3.15...
The current round of risky asset weakness and rise in volatility been partially blamed on Trumps decision to deploy additional troops into Afghanistan...
Treasuries across the globe have in been in growing demand recently as investors are becoming increasingly worried about the monetary outlook on both side of the Atlantic. US yields have been moving within a downtrend channel since the beginning of the summer...
Today has been released the Swiss domestic sight deposits which has declined to CHF 470.3billion from CHF 476.3 billion while the EURCHF is pushing higher and is now consolidating around 1.1350CHF for one single euro note. We start seeing the sight deposits growth slowing down...
Over the past few days, market participants have shoved aside their worries about monetary policy to focus on political developments in the US, more specifically the resignation of several of its advisors. Rumours that Gary Cohn may follow the pack triggered a wave of panic among investors...
The Japanese yen is on a clear bullish momentum. The currency has outperformed major G-10 currencies since last month. In particular, the USDJPY has weakened from 114 in a month. The rally may now seem a bit over extended and we may see some rebound within the short-term...
Financial markets are set to end the week on the back foot as US political turmoil takes centre stage with many of Trump’s business counsellors resigning. Wall Street suffered its worst sell-off since May with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.24% to 21,750 points...
Russia retail sales is set to be released today. Markets estimate a slight decline from June to 1% from 1.25 in July. The ruble is strengthening against the dollar and we believe that upside pressures should likely accelerate for the ruble...
As expected the minutes of the July 25-26 FOMC meeting highlighted a broad division among Fed members. More specifically, the timing of the balance run-off was a major topic of discussion as several members were willing to pull the trigger last month, while the majority preferred to wait...
The Helvetic currency is suffering against the euro and the pair is back below 1.15. We nonetheless do not believe that the pair will continue to head towards 1.20 and the ongoing move may not be sustainable in the medium-term...
The solid print in retail sales and Empire Manufacturing Index yesterday helped the greenback to catch his breath. Retail sales advanced strongly in July, climbing 0.6%m/m (versus 0.3% expected), while previous month’s reading was revised to +0.3% (from -0.2% initially estimated...
The #digital #currency #Bitcoin retraced gains on Tuesday after surging above the $4,400 level for the first time in its nine-year #history. On the U.S.-based #Bitfinex exchange, Bitcoin was last at $4,065.7, down $176.5 or 4.41%. It earlier set a fresh all-time high of $4,430.0...
A month before the German election, news regarding the German fundamentals data are still positive. Yet, GDP Growth has slightly slowed. The figure, which has been released this morning, came in at 0.6%, a inch below markets’ expectations at 0.7...
The Australian dollar was little changed after the Reserve Bank of Australia published the minutes of its August meeting. AUD/USD was treading water at around $0.7870 following the release. However, in late Asian session the Aussie started to tumble amid a broad-based USD strength...
Japan’s growth came in much higher than forecasted at 1% q/q versus 0.6% for the second quarter. Looking back, this release is the best data in the last two and a half years. It also represents the sixth consecutive quarter of positive GDP growth...
The US dollar came under renewed selling pressure on Friday amid a soft CPI report. Headline CPI printed at 1.7% y/y, while the market was expecting a reading of 1.8%. The core gauge, which excludes the most volatile components, held steady at 1.7%, matching expectations...
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Next week's key releases start with Chinese data on Monday, followed by GDP data from Europe on Tuesday and Wednesday. The focus should be on whether the generally solid global economic momentum remains in place...
As we mentioned several times, geopolitical tensions were very calm this summer and investors were dropping gold which was very close to $1200 an ounce...
