Australian ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence plunges to lowest level in over two years

Sep 17, 2019 07:38 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Australias ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence plunged 3.5 percent last week to its lowest level in over two years. Time to buy a household item was the only sub-index in the positive, eking out a 0.2 percent gain. The...

JGBs close nearly flat ahead of Fed, BoJ policy meetings amid muted trading session

Sep 17, 2019 06:46 am UTC| Commentary Economy

The Japanese government bonds closed nearly flat Tuesday ahead of the Federal Reserve and Bank of Japans (BoJ) monetary policy meetings, scheduled for later this week amid an otherwise muted trading session that witnessed...

Australian bonds jump post release of RBA September meeting minutes; August employment report eyed

Sep 17, 2019 05:01 am UTC| Commentary Economy

The Australian government bonds jumped during Asian trading session Tuesday after the release of the Reserve Bank of Australias (RBA) September monetary policy meeting minutes, while investors keep a close eye on the...

Canadian existing home sales rise in August, home prices likely to grow further

Sep 16, 2019 15:16 pm UTC| Commentary

Canadian national existing home sales rose 1.4 percent sequentially in August. In the meantime, sales growth for July was upwardly revised to 4 percent, giving an additional touch of positivity to the report. Sales rose...

Polish wage growth likely remained strong in August, industrial production to have fallen slightly

Sep 16, 2019 13:55 pm UTC| Commentary

Polish wage growth data is set to release this week. According to an Erste Group Research, wage is likely to have grown 6.7 percent year-on-year in August, while employment is expected to have maintained the recent...

Italian consumer price inflation eases marginally in August

Sep 16, 2019 13:09 pm UTC| Commentary

Italian consumer price index rose in August. Sequentially, the headline inflation came in at 0.4 percent. On a year-on-year basis, the consumer price index also came in at 0.4 percent, the same as in July 2019. The flash...

U.S. Treasury yields plunge ahead of Fed monetary policy meeting

Sep 16, 2019 11:29 am UTC| Commentary Economy

The U.S. Treasury yields plunged during Mondays afternoon session ahead of the Federal Reserves monetary policy meeting, scheduled to be held on September 18 by 18:00GMT amid an otherwise muted trading session that...