RBA Rate Hike Possible as AUD Appreciates Significantly Since Mid-January The Australian dollar came under pressure today morning after Australia recorded weak retail data. This is expected to reflect concerns regarding the rate decision, according to Commerzbank...
Global Macro Overview for 04/04/2016 Global macro overview for 04/04/2016: (Crude Oil) Oil has been in decline once again overnight as on Friday, traders continue responding to reports that Saudi Arabia may not be willing to take part in the price freeze without all other major producers, both OP...
Historically, the first trading session after a U.S jobs report tends to be the quietest trading session of the month. Yet, watching intraday asset price moves for 2016, no one could speculate with confidence that any trading session would be relatively tame...
Here’s why Governor Elvira Nabiullina is in no haste to resume foreign-currency purchases after an eight-month pause: gold’s biggest quarterly surge since 1986 has all but erased losses the Bank of Russia suffered by mounting a rescue of the ruble more than a year ago...
USD Longs Cut Again, CAD Shorts Fall – Nomura David Wagner, Research Analyst at Nomura, suggests that according to the IMM data for the week ended March 29, non-commercial accounts continued to sell USD to the tune of -$1.5bn, bringing positioning in USD to $7.4bn...
GBP: Low Turnout will Increase Brexit Risk - MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, notes that the pound is continuing to weaken and becoming more volatile ahead of the EU referendum on the 23rd June...
German Bunds Rally After ECB Qe Boost Kicks In The German 10-year bund prices rallied for 4 consecutive weeks on Monday after the European Central Bank’s expanded bond buying programme kicked in on Friday...
Russian Bonds Slump on Tracking Weak Oil Prices The Russian bonds declined, pushing the yield on 10-year bonds up 3 bps to 9.19 pct, tracking weak crude oil prices on Monday. Moreover, Brent crude oil, a global benchmark for Russia's main export, was down 0.34 pct at $38.55 a barrel...
Poor Australia Retail Sales Data Fuels Rba Rate Cut Bets Australian retail sales data disappointed for the third consecutive month and momentum has clearly slowed in the past three months. Data released earlier today showed Australia's Feb retail sales came at 0.0% m/m missing expectations for 0...
Euro Zone Bond Rally Continues With ECB in the Market From last Friday onwards, European Central Bank (ECB) is in the bond market with additional firepower and on average, from now on it will be purchasing almost €4 billion worth of bonds, every trading day...
It Seems Oil Has Bottomed Out in the Mid-$20.00s – Rabobank According to Strategist at Rabobank Christian Lawrence, the barrel of crude oil could have bottomed in recent lows in the mid-$20.00s...
UK: Manufacturing PMI Disappoints - ING James Smith, Economist at ING, suggests that heightened concerns about global growth continue to weigh on UK manufacturers, although uncertainty surrounding the EU referendum may be starting to play a role...
Falling oil prices, China growth fears, submerging markets, Brexit and Italian banks. All of those risks have one thing in common: They have not derailed the US economy. Despite concerns about a recession, it continues to grow at a steady pace...
European Stocks Drop as Oil Weighs Stock markets across Europe fell in early trading on the back of nervous Asian equities and drop in oil prices. At the time of writing, Stoxx 50 index was trading marginally lower. Germany’s DAX and France’s CAC were down 0.05% and 0.10% respectively...
The most important release from this week’s Forex News Events calendar is FOMC Meeting Minutes that taking place on Wednesday at 7.00pm GMT. We also have UK Services PMI and New Zealand GDT Price Index on Tuesday. Full list of Forex news trading events taking place this week: Monday 4th...
UK: Sterling Storms and Fat Tails – Deutsche Bank Research Team at Deutsche Bank, suggests that with the UK’s referendum on EU membership approaching on the 23rd June, short-end GBP vol has risen dramatically...
UK Construction PMI Preview: What to Expect of GBP/USD? UK construction PMI for March is due for release today. The report is the least important compared to UK manufacturing PMI and services PMI report. Market expects UK construction PMI to print at 54...
USD Rally Over? – Danske Bank Senior Analyst at Danske Bank Sverre Holbek hinted at the fact that the USD upside could be nearly over. Key Quotes “The USD was remarkably stable despite the string of better-than-expected US data on Friday”...
Oil Drops on Falling Prospect of Output Freeze Production cut was never a possibility according to markets, but even a production freeze strategy appears a distant dream now owing to which both oil benchmarks dropped on Friday and extended losses today...
