FX Hedging Strategy Series

Why USD vols are not raising as good as EUR ahead of monetary policy season - a glimpse on U.S. fundamentals

Mar 16, 2016 11:16 am UTC| Commentary

It would be unwise to blame FX option market indications when underlying news fails to bring in significant change in underlying asset, so does it happen in FX OTC market during central banks monetary policy seasons. As...

Japan’s Feb trade balance likely remained in surplus

Mar 16, 2016 11:14 am UTC| Commentary

Japans trade balance is expected to have remained in surplus in February 2016. The surplus is likely to have reached +JPY462bn, a rebound from the trade deficit of JPY430bn in February 2014. Japans trade balance, on a...

Oil in Global Economy Series

Mark your calendars: OPEC, non-OPEC meeting on April 17th

Mar 16, 2016 11:02 am UTC| Commentary

Energy ministry of QATAR confirmed today that follow up OPEC meeting to last months, where Russia, Qatar, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia met and agreed to production freeze at January levels will be happening on April...

Poland revises inflation rate for January and February, NBP to eventually cut rates in 2016

Mar 16, 2016 10:45 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Polands Stat Office has published new inflation data for the first two months of 2016 as it revised its weights for the CPI basket. Using the new weights, Januarys inflation data was downwardly revised to -0.9% from -0.7%....

Utilities to benefit biggest from ECB corporate bond purchase

Mar 16, 2016 10:23 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Last week, European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi delivered a comprehensive easing package, which includes buying of corporate bonds. Our analysis of the eligible QE universe showed, while it would be...

China Crisis Series

China sees difficulties in manufacturing sector, serious about cutting overcapacity

Mar 16, 2016 10:13 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Chinas National Peoples Congress today approved the 13th five-year plan that highlights the major economic targets from 2016 to 2020. The key targets are newly added urban jobs and the economic growth. The Chinese...

Singapore’s 2016 economic growth forecast lowered, labor demand and wage hikes to moderate

Mar 16, 2016 09:37 am UTC| Commentary

In 2016, the Singaporean economy is likely to expand 1.9%, according to the median projection of analysts in the quarterly survey conducted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. In the earlier survey, the analysts...