Singapore's loan growth dipped to the lowest in almost 16 years
Feb 01, 2016 02:12 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Singapores loan growth dipped to the lowest in almost 16 years. The latest headline loan growth figure for December2015 registered -1.2% YoY, down from -0.7% in the previous month. This is the third consecutive month of...
ECB likely to increase QE by end of Q1 2016
Jan 31, 2016 22:32 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
ECB kept its monetary policy unchanged in its December meeting and disappointed the market. After the policy decision in December the probability was only20% for further easing in 2016. But the scenario has changed...
Weak commodity price put downside pressure on Aussie
Jan 31, 2016 21:53 pm UTC| Commentary
The Australian dollar remains very sensitive to moves in oil prices. Apart from Oil, lower iron ore, coal and other metals prices, continue to point to a downward adjustment of the Aussies exchange rate. Commodity prices...
Australia’s inflation likely to fall further in 2016
Jan 31, 2016 21:16 pm UTC| Commentary
The recent collapse in Oil market put the Commodity currencies in to trouble. In case of Australia, its economic growth is largely dependent on the mining sector with the products to be exported mainly to the East Asian...
Jan US employment report to confirm uptrend in the labour market
Jan 29, 2016 15:42 pm UTC| Commentary
US employment report for January is likely to show that the uptrend in the labour market is set to continue in 2016. However, it is unlikely to repeat the strong December figure which saw 292,000 new jobs in December....
Has the oil market bottomed out?
Jan 29, 2016 15:34 pm UTC| Commentary
After hitting multi-year lows, oil prices have leapt this week. The relief rally was triggered by the prospect of an alliance between Russia, Saudi Arabia and further OPEC countries to cut output. Global benchmark Brent...
Fed to be cautious in tightening policy, to avoid global asset price inflation
Jan 29, 2016 15:06 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Fed is likely to tighten monetary policy only by as much as markets allow without major turmoil. The Fed will try to avoid any further asset price inflation and ease any bubbles that have already emerged, such as in...
U.S. payrolls exceeded expectations significantly, while the unemployment rate dropps to 4.1%.