FxWirePro: UK inflation beats consensus, if not Cable’s spot trade, excitement in EUR/GBP vol trades

Dec 12, 2017 11:16 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks

Consumer prices in the United Kingdom rose by 3.1 pct in the year to November 2017, following a 3 pct gain in the previous month and beating market expectations of 3 pct. It was the highest inflation rate since March 2012,...

FxWirePro: Never blow FOMC out of the proportion, FX OTC indicates timely and proportionate quantum of hedging

Dec 12, 2017 10:45 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views

Amongst these crosscurrents, next weeks FOMC meeting might seem a sideshow. The meeting should deliver a rate hike that is largely priced, with even odds that the Committee adds the fourth dot to its 2018 projections, you...

FxWirePro: Cable seems to uninterested in constructive Brexit news, OTC to substantiate - Deploy options straps for hedging

Dec 12, 2017 09:42 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

What else does the FX market need? It gets positive news from the Brexit negotiations, and the prospect of the EU summit this week declaring sufficient progress is as good as it could possibly be. But Sterling was only...

FxWirePro: DAX, CAC and US exporters need smart hedging in 2018

Dec 12, 2017 07:08 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks

The currency market has been acting as the adjustment factor between countries positioned at different parts of the economic cycle clock. It has been one of the few assets on which carrying long volatility positions has...

Announcement: Moody's: Outlook stable for Chinese financial institutions through 2018

Dec 12, 2017 03:59 am UTC| Research & Analysis

Moodys Investors Service says that its outlook for financial institutions in China through 2018 is stable, because of strengthening government regulations on the industry and stable economic growth. The government will...

Announcement: Moody's: Risk and opportunity in China's deleveraging and strong regulation

Dec 12, 2017 02:12 am UTC| Research & Analysis

Moodys Investors Service (Moodys) says that economy-wide leverage in China will continue to increase, albeit at a slower pace than before, while rising earnings growth is helping improve the credit profiles of the countrys...

FxWirePro: “Between the gamble of deep tunnels or skyrocketed-pace”, money lures in bitcoin companies on projections of 2 trillion market capitalization

Dec 11, 2017 13:05 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views

We at EconoTimes, consider this as an underestimation if the critic says Bitcoin has had an eventful week, starting December at around $10,000 and stopping to a whopping $19,000 mark on last weekend (some exchanges traded...