Speculation is now a fact: the Swiss National Bank is actively intervening on the market since mid-July to stabilize the currency...
After a stormy start into the week, financial markets stabilized somewhat on Tuesday morning. Asian equities closed the gap with their European and US counterparts with the Nikkei sliding 0.65% to 20,585 points and the CSI 300 tumbling 1.07% to 3,636...
US President Trump's plan to tariff the last tranche of untaxed Chinese imports by 10%, starting on 1 September, escalates the level of tensions between the two countries. We expect a measured response from China, with retaliation involving a mix of more tariffs and non-tariff measures...
Chinese yuan breach of long-defended landmark 7 to the greenback is finally over, a trend that genuinely confirms Chinese authorities’ willingness to support economic growth and financial stability in a context of worsening trade with the United States...
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In a series of tweets on 1 August, President Trump announced his intention to impose another round of tariffs on Chinese goods; a new 10% tariff will be applied to the remaining USD 300 bn of US imports from China that were not already impacted by the 25% tariffs, taking effect on 1 September...
AUD bulls should be very satisfied with the recent release of upbeat inflation data in the second quarter...
Fed officials are expected to deliver their first interest rate cut since December 2008. Despite the fact that the economic conditions do not justify looser monetary policy, Jerome Powell should trim the Fed funds rate target band by 25bps to 2%-2.25...
China's recent second-quarter economic print made headlines across the world. Bloomberg headlined the news with "China economy slips to record low growth," while the Financial Times noted "China's economy grows at the slowest rate in nearly 30 years...
The ECB succeeded, but has been less successful in achieving its inflation target. Despite negative interest rates and EUR 2.6trn of quantitative easing, Eurozone core inflation is just 1.1% and is expected to remain low for some time to come...
Economic growth has been anemic in Brazil over the last decade, averaging just 1.2% a year. The pension reform’s approval is necessary for the country to achieve higher levels of growth. But it cannot do so single-handedly...
He will also pave the way for Christine Lagarde toward a potential sovereign quantitative program, if it becomes necessary. Lagarde will, in all likelihood, be appointed ECB president by October and hold her first ECB press conference on 12 December...
A lot of talks over the past several months have been around the US-China trade tensions as well as the US's ban on technology sales to Huawei. But while the development of trade negotiations is the one that has occupied the headlines, China is not deterred in its 5G rollout...
A quick recap of yesterday's roller-coaster ECB rate decision and press conference. After a bit of back and forth, Euro and European yields rallied as ECB announced to hold policy steady and press conference. The key take-away raised doubt over prospect of further easing in September...
Despite a plethora of macro and micro risks, positive sentiment has become entrenched today. The likely catalyst for the broad risk-on environment is an expectation for ECB policy easing. Wall Street was stronger and Asia followed with gains across the board. EURUSD is back to year lows at 1.1130...
