Feb 23, 2015 06:49 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Nordea Markets: -SEK is still struggling as the Riksbanks easing expectations linger. The Riksbanks minutes do matter for the SEK this week - any indications of the lower bound being lower or other easing...
Daily outlook for EUR/USD: Nordea
Feb 23, 2015 06:49 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Nordea Markets: -The EUR/USD weakened early Friday despite the stronger composite PMI reading as the jitters concerning Greece and rumours of Grexit, predominated the sentiment. But late in the date...
Yellen likely to repeat that Fed will be "patient" before raising rates: Nordea
Feb 23, 2015 06:48 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Nordea Markets: -Tomorrow the focus will shift to the Fed with Janet Yellen presenting her semi-annual monetary policy testimony to Congress. -We expect her to repeat that the Fed will be "patient" before...
Near-term risk of a Grexit has receded: Nordea
Feb 23, 2015 06:46 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Nordea Markets: -Greece and the Eurogroup reached a preliminary last minute agreement on Friday that extends the bailout with another four months. A first list of measures suggested by Athens will be presented...
Weekly outlook for Latam FX: Barclays
Feb 23, 2015 06:44 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Barclays Capital: -On LatAm, the fiscal data for the first month of 2015 should be the highlight on Brazil (Friday). Despite the seasonal monthly improvement in the overall balance, a very wide deficit would...
Weekly outlook for ZAR: Barclays
Feb 23, 2015 06:42 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Barclays Capital: -It will be an eventful week for SA markets. On Tuesday, Q1 2015 GDP will be published, and given that we are softer than consensus (Barclays: 3.5% q/q, market median: 3.8% q/q) implies that...
Weekly outlook for EMEA FX: Barclays
Feb 23, 2015 06:41 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Barclays Capital: -In EMEA, we have rate decisions in Israel (Monday), Turkey (Tuesday), and Hungary (Tuesday). In Israel, we expect Bank of Israel (BoI) to keep its base rate unchanged at 0.25% next week. We...
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