Jiming Huang / Blog
Former Federal Reserve chairman William McChesney Martin once famously said that central banks should "take away the punch bowl just as the party gets going". UBS Chief Economist Paul Donovan asks if this is really happening right now...
Markets have hit a reflection point on central banks' reflation trade. Perhaps reflation is not the correct term since policy makers are not waiting for inflation to reach satisfactory levels but rather are using the solid economic outlook to unwind extreme policy measures...
The opening of the G20 meeting today will most likely be completely sidelined by financials since, as usual, no key decision will be taken there. Maybe we’ll get some action should Donald Trump make another incredible declaration that only he knows how to make...
The wires continue to push rising geopolitical tensions and for good reason. Between the US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley's harsh warning to countries enabling trade with North Korea and US President Trump’s aggressive tweets against China, it feels as if rhetoric has reached a new high...
The Gold price is on its way down and has reached its weakest level since the 10th of May. Selling pressures seem none-the-less to fade around $1220. The North Korean missile launched into Japanese waters yesterday barely boosted the precious metal for the time being...
It has been a relatively light week in terms of economic data so far and investors are desperately looking for drivers. After falling as much as 2%, the dollar index got some colours back this week amid building expectations for monetary tightening from the Federal Reserve...
The Swiss franc is still trading below 1.10 against the single currency despite short-term bullish pressures on the pair. We believe that there is at the moment two major reasons that are pushing the euro against the Helvetic currency...
As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia kept its cash rate unchanged at 1.50%. Despite the widely-held view for no change, there was still a level of disappointment that the RBA refrained from discussing “normalisation” or offering a hawkish lean...