Recovery in UK spending should soon get back on track: Capital Economics
Feb 23, 2015 19:04 pm UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Capital Economics:- The fall in the reported sales balance of Febs CBI Distributive Trades Survey from +39 in Jan to just +1 in Feb was disappointing. (Data released on Mon.)- However, we doubt that this...
US Conference Board’s index of consumer confidence likely to rise further in Feb: Capital Economics
Feb 23, 2015 18:55 pm UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Capital Economics:- We expect the Conference Boards index of consumer confidence (15.00 GMT) to rise further, from 102.9 to 105.0 in Feb. Rapid improvements in the labour market are providing a significant...
US Treasuries could be a headwind for ESH5: BofA Merrill Lynch
Feb 23, 2015 18:40 pm UTC| Commentary
Quotes from BofA Merrill Lynch:- We turned bearish on Treasuries last week, looking for 10yr yields to break the 100d at 2.148% ahead of a push to 2.347%/2.434% and potentially beyond. Pullbacks should be limited to...
Correction in Gold is nearing an end: BofA Merrill Lynch
Feb 23, 2015 18:35 pm UTC| Commentary
Quotes from BofA Merrill Lynch:- While the weakness in gold has been much greater than anticipated, the evidence still points to a larger, ongoing medium term uptrend, targeting 1345 (Jul14 high) and potentially as far as...
Bunds to resume bull trend: BofA Merrill Lynch
Feb 23, 2015 18:29 pm UTC| Commentary
Quotes from BofA Merrill Lynch:- Bund yields should resume their larger bull trend.- With daily momentum now overbought, we look for a break of MTD channel resistance at 29.3bps, to confirm a return to trend for 17.5bps...
EUR/USD bear trend is about to resume: BofA Merrill Lynch
Feb 23, 2015 18:24 pm UTC| Commentary
Quotes from BofA Merrill Lynch:- We wish to initiate a EUR/USD short. A break of 1.1291 (Triangle support) would indicate an end to its consolidation and a resumption of its larger bear trend for a push towards to the...
Modest recovery of Mexico retail sales likely in H1 15 : Barclays
Feb 23, 2015 18:12 pm UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Barclays Capital:- Mexico retail sales decreased 0.8% m/m sa in Dec driven by a reduction in the apparel, food, vehicles and paper and entertainment sales, which were offset by a strong report in domestic...