US Retail Sales: Constructive Underlying Spending Ton – TDS Research Team at TDS, suggests that the weaker auto sales should be a key source of drag on US headline retail sales activity, pushing the pace of spending down for the third consecutive month...
Mid-Week Data and Reversion to STEER™ Could Boost USD – BNPP Research Team at BNP Paribas, suggests that the USD’s recovery vs the EUR and JPY continued overnight and is taking support from a recovery of US front-end yields...
Brent Oil Turns Red, Drops Below $44 Brent oil printed a session low of $43.85 levels even though China data showed crude imports rose to record high in March. Rejected at $44.56 Prices turned lower from a high of $44...
BOJ’s Harada: BOJ will Fully Debate Additional Easing Steps If Needed to Respond to Economic Risks The Bank of Japan (BOJ) board member Yutaka Harada returned on the wires via Reuters now, noting that in theory, BOJ has more room left to lower rates...
AUD: Recovery Across the Non-Mining Economy is On Track - NAB Research Team at NAB, suggests that the recent Australian business survey outcomes suggest the recovery across the non-mining economy is on track or indeed gathering speed...
Australia: Surprise Fall in Consumer Sentiment - Westpac The Westpac Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment fell by 4.0% in April from 99.1 in March to 95.1 in April. Key Quotes via Bill Evans, Chief Economist at Westpac "This is a disappointing result...
Asian Markets Turn Positive on Oil Gains, Gold Hovers Around $1252 All the major Asian indices are trading on a positive note on Wednesday and erases previous losses. The core reason behind the upward movement is the sharp rise in oil prices, which improves global sentiment...
Gold Under Pressure in Asia on Improved Risk Sentiment Gold extended its overnight retreat in the Asian session, and now consolidates near the lower band of today’s daily range as risk-on trades pick up pace. Gold moves-off fresh four-week tops Currently, gold trades 0.11% lower at 1252...
Asian Stocks Through the Roof, Oil Rally, China Trade Underpin The stocks on the Asian bourses joined the global risk-on rally this Wednesday, taking the positive lead from strong gains seen in the black gold yesterday, which buoyed the sentiment around the energy and resource stocks...
Negative interest rates, which central banks in several countries have implemented as a way to spur economic growth, is a radical move. In the last of a three-part series, ‘Negative Thinking,’ commentator Satyajit Das examines this policy and its risks...
The yen hit a 17-month high against the dollar on Monday in the currency market's latest warning sign to equity investors. The strength of the Japanese yen this year has been a bit of a surprise for many investors...
WTI Firmer, Approaches $41.00 The barrel of West Texas Intermediate is prolonging its weekly advance today, now flirting with daily highs in the vicinity of the $41.00 mark...
FXWIREPRO: Yen Eyes on Gains Again As Boj's Kuroda Hints Stimulus - Hedging Positions in Line With Risk Reversals As we could see the change in delta risk reversal numbers into negative territory, that signals underlying pair would resume its bearish travel in next 1 weeks time...
USD/JPY Ignored Uptick in US Import Price Index Bid tone around USD failed to strengthen despite rise in the US import price index, leaving USD/JPY largely unaffected around 108.30...
The U.S. dollar index fell 9 out of the last 11 trading sessions, already down 4.8% this year and back to the level seen last October. The dollar has weakened against all its major trading partners from the Japanese yen to the Canadian dollar...
Germany: War of Words with ECB - ING Carsten Brzeski, Chief Economist at ING, suggests that the German criticism on the ECB’s monetary policy throughout the crisis is not new but in recent days, however, it has entered a new stage...
US Session Includes Fed Speak and Import Prices Data - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the US session features import prices, where the risk is on the upside after a 0.3% decline in February. Key Quotes “Three regional Fed presidents speak (Harker, Williams, and Lacker...
UK: Extension of Sterling's Recovery - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the highlight in the foreign exchange market today is the extension of sterling's recovery...
CAD: BoC Preview/Made in the US - ING Viraj Patel, Foreign Exchange Strategist at ING, suggests that the tighter financial conditions will be a concern for BoC’s governor Poloz...
