Bank of Korea likely to keep policy rate on hold in November, may lower by 50 bps in H1 2017

Nov 10, 2016 08:34 am UTC| Commentary

The Bank of Korea is expected to stand pat tomorrow during its monetary policy meeting. According to a Societe Generale research note, committee is expected to unanimously decide to keep the policy rate on hold at 1.25...

South Korean 10-year bond yields close to near 7-month high on rising Fed Dec rate hike hopes

Nov 10, 2016 07:44 am UTC| Commentary

The South Korean 10-year bond yields closed to near 7-month high Thursday on rising speculation that the Federal Reserve will not witness any difficulty from the victory of Republican candidate Donald Trump in hiking...

Global Geopolitics Series

Global Geo-political Series: Liberals all around the world need to take lessons from two major upsets of 2016

Nov 10, 2016 07:35 am UTC| Commentary

Liberal values all around the world under threat and for that, liberals have only themselves to blame. First, it was Brexit, which reverted four-decade-old political project and then it was Donald Trump, who with his...

JGBs post biggest fall since September following U.S. Treasuries, Fed Dec rate hike probability jumps to 80 pct

Nov 10, 2016 07:13 am UTC| Commentary

The Japanese government bonds plunged Thursday following the weakness in the U.S. Treasuries. The implied probability of the Federal Reserve December rate hike jumped to 82 percent despite market speculation that the move...

U.S. election result likely to negatively impact AUD; Trump’s short-term protectionist policies to support USD, says ANZ

Nov 10, 2016 06:55 am UTC| Commentary Economy

The United States election result is expected to negatively impact the Australian Dollar, while the newly elected President of the country, Donald Trumps protectionist stance on global trade and his preference for looser...

New Zealand bonds close higher as RBNZ cuts official cash rate to new record low of 1.75 pct

Nov 10, 2016 06:47 am UTC| Commentary

The New Zealand government bonds closed higher Thursday as the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) lowered its official cash rate by 25 basis points to a new record low of 1.75 percent from previous 2.00 percent. The...

RBNZ monetary policy: Assessing future bias

Nov 10, 2016 06:45 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Reserve bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) reduced theinterest rate by 25 basis points last night to 1.75 percent. Lets see in the monetary policy, how the bias stands for future actions, Despite animprovement in some...