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Slowing Credit Growth Poses Downside Risk to China's Property Market Chinese construction activity continued ramp up in April, but concerns are rising about the sustainability of growth. A rebound in real estate investment in early 2016 has supported a surge in construction activity...
Canadian Bonds Plunge As Crude Hits Record 6-Month High The Canadian government bonds plunged on Monday as investors cooled on safe-haven assets amid gains in equities and oil. The yield on the benchmark 10-year bonds, which moves inversely to its price rose 2bps to 1...
GBP/USD Within Striking Distance of 1.4400 Handle on Disappointing US Data A disappointing manufacturing data from the US provided the much needed opportunity for GBP bulls to lift the GBP/USD pair back to the vicinity of 1.4400 handle. The pair shot-up to 1...
US Stocks Open Higher but Struggling for Direction Major stock indices in the US opened slightly higher on Monday after a reading of New York-area manufacturing conditions failed to boost investor sentiment...
WTI Climbs Further Near $48.00 Crude oil prices area extending the upside momentum at the beginning of the week, boosted by a weak greenback and Goldman Sachs news. WTI up on GS, USD, Nigeria The barrel of West Texas Intermediate is hovering over the upper-$47...
Macro Shocks and Financial Conditions – Goldman Sachs Research Team at Goldman Sachs, suggests that they have argued that financial conditions drive much of the business cycle, but what drives financial conditions...
Gold Inches Higher Post Disappointing US Economic Data Gold extended its bid tone after the release of disappointing Empire State manufacturing index from the US, lifting the yellow metal to a six-day high level of $1288.77...
EUR Shorts Reduced for Eight Consecutive Weeks - Rabobank Jane Foley, Research Analyst at Rabobank, lists down the IMM Net Speculators’ Positioning as at 10 May 2016...
GBP: Volatility Ahead? - Rabobank Jane Foley, Research Analyst at Rabobank, notes that the Bank of England Governor Carney yesterday defended the warnings over a Brexit that were contained in the Bank’s policy statement last week...