Vulnerability from China series – the commodity glutton

Sep 04, 2015 14:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Slowdown in Chinese economy has created havoc for commodities across world and its producers. Naturally a though has occurred - After two years of sharp slowdown and currency market adjustment, question arises hasnt the...

Pound in its longest daily decline since 2008 against Dollar

Sep 04, 2015 13:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Pound has now fallen for nine consecutive days, unless it recovers sharply today to close above 1.525 against Dollar, which as of now seems very much unlikely given its current price at 1.52 and heavy selling...

What to make of the payroll report and Dollar –

Sep 04, 2015 13:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Was there a payroll report from US, which missed expectations by large? Yes, but where is the volatility then. Where is the weak Dollar? Looking at the market, it is really difficult to say there has been a payroll report...

SNB, are you watching? Inflation hits 56-year low

Sep 04, 2015 12:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks

Swiss growth has surprised economists and analysts (including us), who expected a contraction in growth, slowdown in exports, weakness in manufacturing activity. Latest data points, all positive, baffling everyone as...

Today’s NFP report stands as most vital ahead of September FOMC

Sep 04, 2015 11:46 am UTC| Insights & Views

Today NFP report is to be published at 12:30 GMT from US. What is NFP report? NFP or non-farm payroll report is the monthly statistics on labor condition in the US released by US department of labor statistics. The...

Vulnerability from China series – exports to China

Sep 04, 2015 11:21 am UTC| Insights & Views

After two years of sharp slowdown and currency market adjustment, question arises hasnt the market priced in China weakness already. What I mean is, Chinese economy has slowed down to 7% from double digit growth just...

RBNZ likely to cut further while the RBA holds

Sep 04, 2015 11:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks

RBNZ is set to announce its rate decision on Thursday and it is almost certainly expected to cut the OCR by 25bps to 2.75%. Forecasts and language will probably imply one further OCR cut in October and RBNZ cuts depends on...