Bonds Slide As Deflation Slows in Eurozone, ECB Meeting Eyed The European bonds plunged on Tuesday after May consumer inflation data showed that euro-area deflation eased in May...
Busy Week Ahead - Investec Research Team at Investec, suggests that with London out yesterday for the Spring bank holiday, and the US on holiday for Memorial Day, yesterday was a quiet start to what will be a busy week for financial markets...
China Stocks Drive Asia Higher, ASX Bucks the Trend The stocks on the Asian indices caught a renewed bid-wave and jumped higher, mainly driven by a sudden rise witnessed in the Chinese equities...
S&P: Apartment Supply Boom a 'Growing Concern' for Australia In its latest review on Australia, the US rating agency, Standard and Poor’s (S&P) highlighted oversupply of apartments and settlement risks as the growing concerns within the economy...
Review of the Coming Week from May 30 to June 3, 2016. Last week the US dollar was strengthening against most rival currencies and the oil prices went up. Once again, GBP/USD pair was an exception: by the end of the the week it strengthened by nearly 120 points...
U.S. Weekly: Income, Spending, and Jobs Consumption Expected to Rebound in April Alongside Ongoing Income Gains It’s a busy week on the economic calendar as we come out of a long holiday weekend and head into the final month of the second quarter...
EM Currencies to Remain Susceptible in the Run Up to the Fed Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen in a speech at a panel discussion at Harvard University on Friday said that the central bank would “probably” raise interest rates in the coming months if the U.S. economy keeps gaining strength...
ECB Risks Remain Tilted Toward Further Easing - Wells Fargo Analysts from Wells Fargo expect the European Central Bank (ECB) to leave monetary policy unchanged in the near term and recognize that risks remain tilted toward further easing...
ECB to Maintain Its Patient Stance - Danske Pernille Bomholdt Henneberg, Senior Analyst at Danske Bank affirmed that they expect the European Central Bank (ECB) to maintain its patient stance on Thursday...
OPEC Meeting is Expected to Retain the Status Quo - TDS Research Team at TDS, suggests that the June 2nd OPEC meeting is expected to retain the status quo as the current policies have been successful in lifting prices and rebalancing physical markets...
Oil prices fell after the resumption of Canadian producers production processes and the approach of the OPEC delegates meeting Oil prices tumbled for the third straight day, with the support of the Canadian producers resume production after a break over the previous two weeks on the one hand and...
European Shares Swung Between Gains and Losses Today European shares swung between gains and losses today, in an uneventful session ahead of Yellen’s speech this evening. US equities opened slightly higher...
Brexit Fears Eased Further This Week News this week In general, opinion polls continue to indicate a close race, with ‘remain' slightly ahead...
NZD: Resistant to Local Factors - ANZ Research Team at ANZ, suggests that the NZD remains a strong currency despite signs of hardship within the NZ dairy sector...
CAD: Bank of Canada in Wait-and-See Mode – Commerzbank Dr Jörg Krämer, Chief Economist at Commerzbank. Suggests that economic risks resulting from the lower oil price had prompted the Bank of Canada (BoC) to lower key interest rates to 0...
AUD: Vulnerabilities to Remain – ANZ Research Team at ANZ, suggests that impending risks are not fully priced into the AUD and they continue to forecast a lower AUD by year end. Key Quotes “The AUD has sold-off sharply over the last month...
USD: New Phase in the Appreciation Cycle – ANZ Daniel Been, Senior FX Strategist at ANZ, suggests that the dollar is back as the recalibration of Fed rate hike expectations drove a sharp recovery in US real yields and a broad USD rally has taken hold...
ECB Could Take a Further Step This Year - Commerzbank Dr Jörg Krämer, Chief Economist at Commerzbank, suggests that as core inflation should tend to disappoint the ECB and the euro looks set to continue appreciating, we expect the central bank to ease its monetary policy again later this year...
Japan Abe Set to Delay Sales Tax Hike, Meet with Aso to Discuss - Govt Sources Reuters reporting headlines quoting government sources, Japan’s PM Abe is likely to announce a delay in the sales tax hike and will hold a meeting with finance minister Aso in coming days to discuss the same...
