Forex Calendar
UBS Morning Adviser
MAS holds as expected, but change in CPI forecast triggers slight short-cover Earlier today the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced it was leaving the centre,
FI Eye-Opener: Please stop strengthening, we are asking nicely
Bond yields climbed early on Friday, but buying soon resumed, and yields ended the day lower on both sides of the Atlantic. The German 10-year yield was trading as low as 1.49% at one point,
Australian Markets Weekly
Wasn’t 2014 meant to be the year of the falling $A? We expect it still will be and our FX Strategy team are not rushing to change their forecast for $A to be US 84 cents by end of 2014 and US 80 cents by end of 2015.
Weekly Commentary
New Zealand’s powerful economic upswing appears to haverumbled on through the first quarter of 2014 – althoughthere are some question marks in the detail.
The Week Ahead in FX
In the week ahead, market watchers will be focusing on speeches by Fed Chair Janet Yellen, as well as reports on U.S. retail sales and housing starts.
Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary
U.S. Review Broad Gains, but Where Are the Skilled Workers? • There were broad improvements in the economic data this week,
US Morning Update
A cautious tone was apparent during the London morning with European equities continuing to slide, following similar losses in NY and Asia overnight.
Daily FX Update
Disappointing earning releases shifted markets into the open, driving a bout of risk aversion and USD strength. Beyond that markets had been relatively quiet into the weekend.
Central European Daily
Putin’s threat leaves CEE currencies calm Hungary’s CPI barely changed in March CEE currencies shrugged off the threat expressed by
The Global Macro Pulse
Although AUDUSD has dipped to 0.9382, EURUSD has risen to 1.3894 and USDJPY is roughly flat at 101.65. Most EM Asia currencies are weaker vs. the dollar, except the KRW.
FX Daily
The main release will be US consumer confidence for April from University ofMichigan. We expect it to be unchanged at 80.0.
FI Eye-Opener: Bye, bye, Finnish AAA?
Bonds rallied big-time yesterday in the aftermath of dovish Fed minutes and disappointing Chinese data. German 10-year yield plummeted by some 5bp, the corresponding US yield by 4bp.