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Japan: Another Huge Fiscal Package is Set to be Announced - Westpac Robert Rennie, Research Analyst at Westpac, notes that after weeks of various “sourced” news articles on whether the planned sales tax increase would be pushed back, Abe announced the tax would be delayed by two and a half years...
GBP/USD Spikes Almost 200 Pips, Fat Finger? GBP/USD popped up aggressively from 1.4470 session highs all the way towards 1...
GBP/USD: Hold on Tight - Rabobank Jane Foley, Research Analyst at Rabobank, suggests that the strength of the US economy and the wider implications for the EU of the UK’s membership referendum have wide ranging implications for global asset markets...
Clear Communication Breakdown Between Fed and Market - Rabobank Michael Every, Head of Financial Markets Research at Rabobank, suggests that the Yellen’s speech yesterday was consistent with recent Fed tradition in that it was all things to all men depending on how one wanted to read it...
ECB's Corporate Bond Buying Program Starts - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the ECB’s corporate bond buying program begins this week in which ECB will buy euro-denominated, investment grade bonds from companies incorporated within the Eurozone...
RBA Keeps Rates Unchanged: Consistent with Sustainable Growth, Inflation Returning to Target At its meeting today, the RBA Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1...
GBP Move: Speculation Wrong Big Figure Entered On an Order All market participants are scrathig their heads on the GBP move just seen, with some market sources noting that they heard wrong big figure entered on an order...
Guide to Today's Important Data and Events Quite a handful of economic dockets scheduled for today and some with high risks associated. Upcoming – Australia – Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will announce policy decision at 4:30 GMT...
AUD/USD Flat-Lined around 0.7370 ahead of RBA The AUD/USD pair trades directionless in a tight range in the mid-Asian session, as the trades remain wary heading into the RBA policy decision due shortly. AUD/USD hovers below 100-DMA at 0.7398 Currently, the AUD/USD pair trades modestly flat at 0...
Commodity Shares Rally Drives Asia Higher, China Bucks Trend The stocks on the Asian bourses attempt a tepid-bounce so far this session, as the sentiment remains buoyed by a renewed rally in the commodity shares after markets cheered the news that the commodities’ prices rose by more than 20% sin...