Oil in Global Economy Series

How Saudi Arabia's grip on oil prices could bring Russia to its knees

Feb 02, 2016 14:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views

When Saudi Arabia led an OPEC decision to end a restraint put on oil production in November 2014, it marked the beginning of a new era in oil economics. It has given us a tumbling oil price, prompted huge losses and job...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: Indonesian macroeconomic outlook - hedging and speculative strategies for IDR risks in H1 2016

Feb 02, 2016 12:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views

IDR was among the worst performers in Asia since 2011, this had gone some way to correct the overbought conditions in October when it rallied 7.2%. 1.26% drop against the USD in November, but in December and new year...

Emerging Market Crisis Series

FX Hedging Strategy Series

BRL gains momentary, debt to GDP still a concern – Stay short in USD/BRL FVAs

Feb 02, 2016 11:09 am UTC| Insights & Views

In last quarter, Fitch had downgraded Brazil, following the SPs decision in the summer. This is the second major agency to downgrade Brazil to below investment grade. We believe Moodys will follow and also that additional...

Leave interest rates on hold, despite turmoil in global markets

Feb 02, 2016 05:48 am UTC| Insights & Views

The Reserve Bank of Australia meets today amid an awful start to the year for investors, with worries about slowing growth in China and rising debt levels in emerging markets adding up to substantial volatility for global...

Partitioning Syria is not the answer – it’s a mistake we’ve made before

Feb 02, 2016 05:30 am UTC| Insights & Views

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull recently raised, as part of a political solution to Syrias ongoing violence, the possibility of partition. In doing so, he joined a significant body of opinion especially among...

Currency War Series

RBA likely to stand pat in tomorrow’s monetary policy

Feb 01, 2016 13:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks

In tomorrows the Reserve Bank of Australia board meeting for interest rate decision, the expectations have increased that the board would decide to hold the cash rate steady at 2.0%. With the market probability of a move...

Why the sun is setting on the Boeing 747

Feb 01, 2016 13:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Its difficult to imagine now, in the age of mass global travel, that building an aeroplane to carry hundreds of people at a time was once seen as a huge risk. But as the worlds first wide-body airliner, the Boeing 747 went...