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Slowing Credit Growth Poses Downside Risk to China's Property Market Chinese construction activity continued ramp up in April, but concerns are rising about the sustainability of growth. A rebound in real estate investment in early 2016 has supported a surge in construction activity...

Canadian Bonds Plunge As Crude Hits Record 6-Month High The Canadian government bonds plunged on Monday as investors cooled on safe-haven assets amid gains in equities and oil. The yield on the benchmark 10-year bonds, which moves inversely to its price rose 2bps to 1...

GBP/USD Within Striking Distance of 1.4400 Handle on Disappointing US Data A disappointing manufacturing data from the US provided the much needed opportunity for GBP bulls to lift the GBP/USD pair back to the vicinity of 1.4400 handle. The pair shot-up to 1...

US Stocks Open Higher but Struggling for Direction Major stock indices in the US opened slightly higher on Monday after a reading of New York-area manufacturing conditions failed to boost investor sentiment...

WTI Climbs Further Near $48.00 Crude oil prices area extending the upside momentum at the beginning of the week, boosted by a weak greenback and Goldman Sachs news. WTI up on GS, USD, Nigeria The barrel of West Texas Intermediate is hovering over the upper-$47...

Macro Shocks and Financial Conditions – Goldman Sachs Research Team at Goldman Sachs, suggests that they have argued that financial conditions drive much of the business cycle, but what drives financial conditions...

Gold Inches Higher Post Disappointing US Economic Data Gold extended its bid tone after the release of disappointing Empire State manufacturing index from the US, lifting the yellow metal to a six-day high level of $1288.77...

EUR Shorts Reduced for Eight Consecutive Weeks - Rabobank Jane Foley, Research Analyst at Rabobank, lists down the IMM Net Speculators’ Positioning as at 10 May 2016...

GBP: Volatility Ahead? - Rabobank Jane Foley, Research Analyst at Rabobank, notes that the Bank of England Governor Carney yesterday defended the warnings over a Brexit that were contained in the Bank’s policy statement last week...

NZD/USD Rebounds Back above 0.6800 from the Vicinity of 100-DMA Support On the first trading day of the week, the NZD/USD pair started on back-foot led by weaker-than-expected Chinese economic data. The pair, however, witnessed a remarkable recovery from morning lows of 0...

EUR/JPY Recovers to 123.30 but Remains Vulnerable to Further Downside The EUR/JPY pair recovered over 65-pips from session low of 122.61 and has now moved to session peak level of 123.24...

EUR/USD in Highs above 1.1330 Post-US Data The buying interest around the common currency is now gathering further steam, lifting EUR/USD to fresh daily highs in the 1.1330/35 band...

FTSE, CAC Drop Amid Holiday-Thinned Markets The sentiment on the European equity markets remained calm, with only London and French markets open for trading, while rest of Europe enjoys Whit Monday holiday. Hence, a quiet trading calendar and low volumes kept the trading activity largely subdued...

AUD/USD Regains 0.7300, Session Highs The Aussie dollar is now picking up further pace, lifting AUD/USD to the area above the 0.7300 handle, or daily highs. AUD/USD up on USD-selling After bottoming out in the mid-0.7200s in early trade, the pair has now regained the key barrier at 0...

USD/CHF Poised for Further Upside – Commerzbank Karen Jones, Head of FICC Technical Analysis at Commerzbank, sees the likelikess of further upside in the pair. Key Quotes “USD/CHF last week sold off to and bounced off the previous downtrend at...

USD Expected to Gather Further Traction – Danske Bank Thomas Harr, Global Head of FICC Research at Danske Bank, believes the greenback could edge higher in the next periods. Key Quotes “The market has become overly pessimistic on US growth in our view”...

NZD/USD Flirts with 0.68 Handle Amid Oil-Price Rally The recovery in the NZD/USD pair gained further traction in the European session, as markets shrugged-off weaker Chinese data dump and cheered a fresh rally in the oil prices. NZD/USD: A break of 0...

GBP/USD Bearish Below 1.4300 – UOB The research team at UOB Group sees GBP/USD's downside accelerating below the 1.4300 handle. Key Quotes “While the breach of 1...

Steady Up-Move in Oil Continues to Hinder Recovery for USD/CAD Tracking a surge in crude oil prices to a fresh six-month high, the USD/CAD pair has witnessed a steady decline towards 1.2900 handle...