US under Trump Series

What Dump Starbucks Online Protests Tell Us?

Jan 31, 2017 12:24 pm UTC| Commentary Politics

After President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning immigrants/refugees from seven countries on Saturday, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz criticized the ban in an open letter to its employees and the company...

Central Banking Series

BoJ’s QQE exit strategy not possible in near-term, negative rates appropriate for meeting price target: Governor Kuroda

Jan 31, 2017 12:22 pm UTC| Economy Central Banks Commentary

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said in the conference held post monetary policy decisionthat the central banks inflation target of 2 percent is likely to be reached around fiscal year 2018, while the...

U.S. Treasuries flat ahead of Fed’s monetary policy decision, employment report in focus too

Jan 31, 2017 12:18 pm UTC| Commentary

The U.S. Treasuries trade flat Tuesday ahead of the upcoming Federal Reserves first monetary policy meeting of 2017, scheduled to be held on February 2. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury fell nearly 1 basis...

Mexican economy likely to have expanded below trend in Q4 2016

Jan 31, 2017 12:17 pm UTC| Commentary

The Mexican economy is expected to have grown below trend in the fourth quarter of 2016, while the outlook is worsening. On an average, the economy has been expanding around or slightly more than 2 percent. This is around...

Global Reflation Series

Global reflation Series: Inflation returning in Europe amid high unemployment

Jan 31, 2017 11:16 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

More evidence shored up since yesterday that the inflation is in fact, picking up across the European continent. Yesterday, two regions in Germany reported more than 2 percent inflation; Hesse (2.4 percent), Saxony (2.3...

US under Trump Series

US under Trump Series: This is why courts would fail to uphold restrictions on Trump’s travel ban

Jan 31, 2017 10:33 am UTC| Commentary

Backlashes are rising in the U.S. courts as four federal judges issued rulings to scale back the travel ban issued by the President Donald Trump last weekend. President Trump halted arrival of immigrants from seven...

UK gilts slump ahead of BoE monetary policy decision

Jan 31, 2017 10:29 am UTC| Commentary

The UK gilts slumped Tuesday ahead of the Bank of Englands (BoE) monetary policy decision, scheduled to be held on February 2. Markets will the, focus on the comments delivered by BoE Governor Mark Carney post the meeting...