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Fed’s Evans: Markets Pricing of Rate Hikes More Pessimistic Than Fed More comments hitting the wires from Chicago Fed President Evans, as he speaks in Hong Kong: Needs to be proactive and aggressive to get up to FED inflation targets Financial markets pricing of U.S...
Release of a Slew of Services PMIs Today - Rabobank Stefan Koopman, Market Economist at Rabobank, suggests that this morning will see the release of a slew of services PMIs. Key Quotes “At 9:15 CET, Spain will do the kick-off, then followed by Italy, France (final) and Germany (final...
FXWIREPRO: NZ IRS Yields Indicate RBNZ to Go Below Existing OCR NZD continues to trade well – in trade-weighted terms, it is at a 6m high. RBNZ has been puzzling in recent monetary policies...
CAD: Trade Deficit Expected to Widen - TDS David Tulk, Head of Global Macro Strategy at TDS, suggests that the Canada's trade deficit is expected to widen in February to $1.0 billion as a pullback in exports is expected to outpace a weaker month for imports. Key Quotes “A forecasted 1...
CPI is Expected to Rise Modestly in 2016 – China’s NDRC China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) noted in its latest report that the Chinese price pressures are likely to rise this year, China Securities Journal reports...
FXWIREPRO: AUD/CAD Extends Range Trade, Capped Below Strong Trendline Resistance at 1.0002 AUD/CAD was rejected by strong trendline resistance at 1.0008. The pair is currently trading around 0.9957 levels after hitting session highs at 0.9976...
Gold Ignores Fed Rate Hike Talk, Stays on Front Foot Risk-off in Asia and the resulting safe haven demand overshadowed hawkish talk from Fed officials and kept Gold well bid heading into Europe...
USD/JPY Slumps to Fresh 2016 Lows at 110.60 The USD/JPY pair keeps falling in the early European trades, and now breaches the yearly lows reached at 110.65 last month...
Japanese Long-Term Bonds fall on Strong Labour Cash Earnings Report The Japanese long-term bonds slumped on Tuesday after strong labor cash earnings report, which reduces the probability of further BOJ easing in the near term...