Spanish final HICP inflation likely to have confirmed flash reading of -0.3 pct in August

Sep 12, 2016 11:24 am UTC| Commentary

Spains final HICP inflation is expected to have come in same as the flash estimate in August. According to a Societe Generale research note, final HICP inflation is likely to have confirmed the flash reading of -0.3...

German ZEW investor economic sentiment indicator likely improved slightly in September

Sep 12, 2016 11:21 am UTC| Commentary

German ZEW investor economic sentiment indicator is likely to have improved just slightly in September. According to a Societe Generale research report, the ZEW investor economic confidence indicator is likely to have...

Market nervous over Brainard speech

Sep 12, 2016 11:14 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

The financial market participants are cautious on todays speech by Lael Brainard, a member of the Federal Reserve board of Governors. Some newswire and analysts go ahead in calling it this years most closely watched speech...

Ringgit remains volatile to cross-border portfolio flows; subdued internal uncertainty persists

Sep 12, 2016 10:41 am UTC| Commentary Economy

The Malaysian ringgit remains susceptible to external factors that drive cross-border portfolio flows and playing a decisive role in influencing the MYR exchange rate in the coming months as Malaysias domestic political...

Eurozone periphery bonds slump on hawkish comments from Fed officials; lack of ECB stimulus

Sep 12, 2016 10:39 am UTC| Commentary

The Eurozone periphery bonds slumped Monday as the European Central Bank kept its monetary policy rate and the pace of quantitative easing steady. This decision was widely expected by the market participants and...

Renminbi Series

Renminbi Series: Rise of Hibor stirs Global market

Sep 12, 2016 10:35 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

HIBOR or the Hong Kong Interbank Offer Rate became infamous earlier this year in January when overnight rate touched above 68 percent as the Peoples bank of China (PBoC) drew liquidity from the offshore market via...

Danish inflation decelerates in August, likely to rise gradually in mid-autumn

Sep 12, 2016 10:29 am UTC| Commentary

Inflation in Denmark slows in August from the previous month. It accelerated 0.2 percent year-on-year in August, 0.1 percentage point lower than in July. It was also lower than the consensus expectations of 0.5 percent....