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Fitch Says China Banks Profitability Pressures To Continue Fitch Ratings said major Chinese banks' are likely to see subdued earnings growth in 2016, underscoring its negative sector outlook. Chinese bank's results for 2015 are set to be released next week...
EUR/USD: Higher Still on Valuation as ECB Gives Up its Euro Fight – Danske Bank Christin Tuxen, Senior Analyst at Danske Bank, suggests that the US data have started to surprise on the upside while that out of Europe continues to disappoint...
Gold Drops After Failing to Rise on Good News Gold is down 1% today as investors are losing interest in the metal, which failed to rise on good news flow throughout last week. Eyes 23.6% Fibo support Prices appear on track to extend losses and test $1227 (23.6% Fibo of Dec low-Mar high...
Major Currency Pairs Forecast – Danske Bank Research Team at Danske Bank, lists down the near-term forex forecast for the major currency pairs...
EUR/USD Losing Altitude, Breaches 1.1200 The offered tone is now picking up pace around the single currency, dragging EUR/USD to test sub-1.1200 levels, or session lows...
NZD: Scope for Short-term Rates to Move Lower Over Time - ANZ Research Team at ANZ, suggests that with the market not fully pricing in the 50bps of RBNZ cuts they expect over 2016, there is scope for short-term rates to move lower over time...
ECB: Less Focus on Rates, More on Volumes – Rabobank Research Team at Rabobank, notes that the ECB announced a comprehensive easing package on 10 March, including a 10bp deposit rate cut, new 4-y TLTROs and an expansion of QE by EUR20bn to EUR80bn a month, with IG non-bank corporate sector bonds...
USD/CAD Upside Capped Around 1.3100 The Canadian dollar is giving away part of the recent gains vs. its neighbor on Wednesday, with USD/CAD trading on a firm note near 1.3080...
Currency Truce and Polanyi’s Paradox – SocGen Research Team at Societe Generale, notes that the term ‘Currency Wars’ was used by Brazil’s erstwhile Finance Minister, Guido Mantega, in September 2010 in response to moves by some (Asian) countries to resist upward pressure on their currencies from...