Nov 05, 2018 09:23 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The Malaysian ringgit is expected to remain under pressure to weaken from medium-term perspective as the current account surplus is likely to shrink over the coming years, according to the latest research report from...
Indonesia’s Q2 growth slows slightly, broadly in line with market expectations
Nov 05, 2018 08:13 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Indonesias growth slowed slightly from 5.27 percent y/y in Q2 to 5.17 percent in the third quarter of this year, which was broadly in line with expectations. Investment was a key driver of growth, with its pace of...
JGBs mixed on limited impact from BoJ’s November monetary policy meeting minutes
Nov 05, 2018 07:24 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The Japanese government bonds traded mixed Monday following limited market reaction from the Bank of Japans (BoJ) monetary policy meeting minutes for the month of November, released earlier today. The yield on the...
Nov 05, 2018 05:17 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The United States Treasury yields are expected to trade higher in the near term owing to a sound GDP in the U.S. economy and rising CPI inflation amid the Feds hawkish stance, the Feds balance-sheet unwind and ballooning...
Australian bonds slump on first trading day ahead of RBA’s monetary policy decision
Nov 05, 2018 04:28 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Australian government bonds slumped during Asian session on the first trading day of the week Monday ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australias (RBA) monetary policy decision, scheduled to be unveiled on November 6 by...
Lessons from the collapse of a small South African bank
Nov 04, 2018 17:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The South African Reserve Bank placed VBS, a small mutual bank, under curatorship in March this year against a backdrop of a serious liquidity crisis. The initial findings of the curator revealed significant financial...
Attention economy: Facebook delivers traffic but no money for news media
Nov 04, 2018 16:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Economy
Facebook and quality journalism are uneasy companions. Recent headlines suggest the platforms lies about video metrics smashed journalism and the platform crashed and burned news companies referral traffic after it changed...
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