US Election Series

US presidential election series: Donald Trump closes in with three consecutive wins

Feb 24, 2016 10:24 am UTC| Commentary

Many a Republican liberals nightmares are closing in to become true, as Donald Trump, known for his harsh comments and controversies secured a massive win in Nevada, his third consecutive so far. So far elections have...

Malaysia’s inflation is likely to grow at 3.2% y/y in 2016

Feb 24, 2016 10:16 am UTC| Commentary

Malaysias January inflation grew to 3.5% y/y as compared to Decembers print of 2.7%, in line with markets expectation of 3.7%. The headline inflation accelerated on the back of transport prices, in spite of price slump in...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

Swedish CPI keeps Riksbank's unlikely aggressive easing - Why to hedge EUR/SEK ahead of ECB meeting in March?

Feb 24, 2016 09:58 am UTC| Commentary

Inflation focus and central banks policy stance has unwound all the appreciation of EURSEK following last weeks larger-than-expected Riksbanks benchmark repo rate cut by 15 bps to -0.5% on February 11th 2016, as inflation...

Briferendum Series

Briferendum series: Sterling accelerates drop, as IV touches new recent high

Feb 24, 2016 09:50 am UTC| Commentary

Sterling has dropped to new seven year low today as traders and investors run to protect against the massive downside that may arise from the referendum, if Britons vote to leave European Union. Implied volatility (IV)...

Emerging Market Crisis Series

Lower oil exports may continue to exert downward pressure on Mexico’s trade balance in near term

Feb 24, 2016 09:34 am UTC| Commentary

In 2015, Mexicos exports declined 4.1%, whereas imports dropped 1.2%, resulting in a trade deficit of USD14.5bn, as compared with 2014s deficit of USD2.8bn. Lower oil exports mostly led to the decline in trade balance....

Euro area final HICP inflation likely remained flat in January

Feb 24, 2016 09:32 am UTC| Commentary

Final January HICP inflation for euro area is expected to remain same at 0.4% y/y. According to details from the flash, all components except food positively contributed to the headline inflation. The energy component is...

US existing home sales post strong print in January, rising employment and incomes bode well for home sales

Feb 24, 2016 09:30 am UTC| Commentary Real Estate

US existing home sales grew 0.4% m/m in January to 5.47 million units, more than consensus expectations of 5.33 million. The rise was mainly because of increase in the sales of single-family houses that grew 1% m/m to 4.48...