Chinese equities ended lower for the second day in a row after Standard & Poor’s stripped China of AA- rating. The Shanghai Composite fell as much as 0...
During the night, the Bank of Japan has announced its rate remain on hold. It is certain that the Bank of Japan was also closely looking towards the Fed which had its meeting yesterday night...
As widely expected, the FOMC finally triggered the process to reduce the size of its $4.5tn balance sheet...
he big news event on 20 September will be the report of the US Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee – we believe the central bank will finally announce plans to start selling its massive holding of bonds. This is likely to begin in October. Meanwhile, the Fed is unlikely to move interest rates...
Today has been released the current account of the balance of payments for July which is a good metric to measure any change in regards to the ECB monetary policy. It helps us to measure any potential capital inflow or outflow...
After soaring continuously for the last 10 days in anticipation of this week FOMC meeting, US rates are taking a breather. The monetary policy sensitive 2-year yield rose more than 12bps since September 8th and stabilised slightly below 1.40% on Tuesday morning...
The Central Bank of Russia will decide about its key rate today. There is a significant likelihood that the central bank lower its key rate to 8.5%. In July, the CBR decided to remain on hold, markets expectations for a rate cut are now strong...
(18 SEPTEMBER 2017)DAILY MARKET BRIEF 1:USD recovery was short-lived ahead of next week FOMC meeting
he US dollar got a fresh boost yesterday after the release of better-than-expected inflation report. The headline CPI gained 1.9%y/y, against median forecast of 1.8%, up from 1.7% in July. The core gauge also beat expectations of 1.6% by rising 1.7%y/y...
Next week's highlight will likely be Friday's global releases of the purchasing managers' indices (PMI) for September. CIO is looking for confirmation of the solid global economic growth trends seen so far this year. CIO will also watch closely Canadian inflation data on Friday...
Natural disasters create a great deal of human suffering. While we are still grappling with the immediate costs of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, Global Chief Economist Paul Donovan takes a look at the longer-term consequences...
The Central Bank of Russia will decide about its key rate today. There is a significant likelihood that the central bank lower its key rate to 8.5%. In July, the CBR decided to remain on hold, markets expectations for a rate cut are now strong...
(15 SEPTEMBER 2017)DAILY MARKET BRIEF 1:USD recovery was short-lived ahead of next week FOMC meeting
The US dollar got a fresh boost yesterday after the release of better-than-expected inflation report. The headline CPI gained 1.9%y/y, against median forecast of 1.8%, up from 1.7% in July. The core gauge also beat expectations of 1.6% by rising 1.7%y/y...
GBP Spikes Higher on Unchanged MPC as Language Turns Hawkish Talking Points - Monetary policy settings left unchanged but language turns hawkish - MPC votes 7-2 for rates to be left unchanged at 0...
It has been on a bumpy road since the beginning of the week as investors reacted to various events ranging from the latest progress made on the Brexit bill, accelerating inflation pressure to stalling wage growth. The pound sterling hit 1.3329 on Wednesday up more than 1% since Friday’s close...
That was not surprising. The SNB did not change its monetary policy this morning. Rates will remain negative at -0.75% and the target range for the 3-month Libor is unchanged at between -1.25% and -0.25%. Over the summer the Swiss franc weakened against the single currency...
Gold has largely increased since the start of the year going from $1150 to $1350. The sharpest increase was during the summer. The decline of the dollar was largely followed by an increase in the precious metal...
The pound sterling rallied strongly yesterday, hitting a one-year high against the greenback, as investors anticipate the upside surprise in inflation would force the BoE to step in. GBP/USD rose more than 0...
A week after the ECB meeting where the rates remained unchanged, ECB Vice President Constancio is going to hold a speech in Frankfurt. It is worth betting that most of the discussion will be around the Eurozone inflation and in particular the ECB difficulties to boost consumer prices...
UK August inflation gauge is due for release alter today and is expected to have accelerated further in August. The consumer price index should print at 2.8%y/y, reflection both rising fuel price and a weak pound sterling...
