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Banxico will likely keep its interest rates steady tonight at 7%. There are many reasons for that. First of all, inflation expectations are now getting lower as the central bank certainly raised too strongly the overnight rate by anticipating a stronger Fed tightening rate path...
The price of Bitcoin flash crashed yesterday at around GMT 18:00 after Mike Belshe, CEO of BitGo, published a note explaining the reasons why they will not support the Segwit2x fork...
Perhaps the timing might be questionable but China trade surplus with the US dropped to $26.2 in Oct from $28.08. Interestingly US president trump will be traveling to Beijing today to meet Xi Jinping. Overall while exports dragged increasing 6.9% y/y from 8.1% (against 7...
Since the beginning of the week, G10 currencies were range bound. The lack of major news, both on the political and monetary policy sides, has caused a collapsed of volatility levels. The CVIX (Currency Volatility Index) eased to 6.87%, the lowest level since September 2014...
This morning has been released the Swiss FX reserves for October. The data increased strongly to $741.5 billion from $724.4billion. The reserves hit a clear record high...
Political risk have again picked up in Europe prompting a stark sell of in Euro. In Italy the center-right coalition led by former Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi solidly won regionals elections in Sicily...
The US dollar extended gains against all of G10 currencies on Tuesday. The gains were quite limited as investors awaited several key speeches today. Draghi will speak at GMT 9 am, while across the Atlantic Poloz (BoC) will give a press conference this evening...
NZD/USD paired losses on Monday morning as 2-year inflation expectations eased to 2.02% in the fourth quarter from 2.09% in the previous one. The Kiwi lost another 0.35% against the greenback and stabilised at around $0.6680...
A quiet start to the week as investors cautiously watching President Trump every move in Asia. With tensions so high and Trump uncanny ability to trigger controversy, traders are unwilling to further build bullish positions...