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FxWirePro: Glance through ZAR ahead of SARB rate cut hopes –USD/ZAR option trade via strangle writing on shrinking vols

Sep 21, 2017 13:04 pm UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views

SARB meets today to make a monetary policy decision: the majority of analysts expect a 25bps cut to the benchmark rate today. The South African Reserve Bank lowered its benchmark repo rate by 25bps to 6.75 percent on July...

FxWirePro: Is it worth chasing Sterling vols? A wise call for GBP Vega buyers to prefer longs ahead of Theresa May's Brexit speech

Sep 21, 2017 12:02 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

Very recently, the British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will hopefully not take it personally that Sterling appreciated briefly yesterday in reaction to reports he might resign. We interpret the exchange rate moves in...

FxWirePro: Not to buck EUR/PLN trend, three fundamental factors to drive gutsy shorts

Sep 21, 2017 10:15 am UTC| Research & Analysis

Polish zloty has been under pressure since May. Ongoing political tensions with the EU regarding the countrys overhaul of the judiciary have raised the spectre of Article 7 sanctions. Additionally, dovish rhetoric from...

FxWirePro: EIA’s inventories upbeats consensus, report appears to be moderately bearish for crude, bullish for gasoline

Sep 21, 2017 09:28 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

This weeks EIA (Energy Information Adminstration) report has been bearish for crude and bullish for gasoline and distillate. Overall, this report was bullish compared to the previous two reports; total commercial crude and...

Fitch: Morocco Reserve Fall Unlikely to Prompt FX Policy Shift

Sep 21, 2017 09:25 am UTC| Research & Analysis

Fitch Ratings still expects an eventual widening of the Moroccan dirhams floating bands, despite the fall in foreign-currency reserves in 2Q17. Reserves have now bottomed out and we expect the authorities to implement...

Fitch: Turkish Banks' External Debt Ticks Up but Liquidity Sound

Sep 21, 2017 08:39 am UTC| Research & Analysis

Turkish banks external debt increased in the first half of 2017 but the sectors foreign-currency (FC) liquidity remains sufficient to cover maturing short-term FC debt, Fitch Ratings says. Banks external debt rose USD9...

FxWirePro: Key drivers of bullish CNY - Identify dislocations between IVs, RVs and RRs

Sep 21, 2017 08:08 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

No doubt from last two weeks, USDCNY has been spiking higher to the current levels of 6.5954 from the recent lows of 6.4345 levels. However, it is foreseen that the strength of CNY can be traced to three factors: The...

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Economy

Vietnam’s November Trade Sees Monthly Decline but Strong Year-on-Year Growth

Vietnam recorded a notable month-on-month decline in trade activity in November, according to new data from the National Statistics Office (NSO). Exports fell 7.1% from October, reaching $39.07 billion, while imports...

Austria’s AA Credit Rating Affirmed as Fitch Highlights Stable Outlook

Fitch Ratings has reaffirmed Austrias Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating at AA with a Stable Outlook, underscoring the countrys strong economic fundamentals despite rising fiscal pressures. According to the...

Fed Meeting Sparks Division as Markets Brace for Possible Rate Cut

The upcoming Federal Reserve meeting is shaping up to be one of the most closely watched and contentious in years, with investors focused on how divided policymakers are over a potential interest-rate cut and the signals...

U.S. Stocks Rise as Cooler Inflation Boosts Hopes for Fed Rate Cut

U.S. stocks ended higher on Friday as a softer inflation reading strengthened expectations that the Federal Reserve could move forward with an interest-rate cut next week. The SP 500 climbed 0.2%, the Dow Jones Industrial...

U.S. Stocks End Week Higher as Markets Anticipate Fed Rate Cut

U.S. stocks closed the week with modest gains on Friday, as investors weighed a wave of delayed economic data and maintained strong expectations for a Federal Reserve interest rate cut at next weeks policy meeting. Despite...

Politics

CFPB to Review Anti-Discrimination Policies and Fair Lending Rules Amid Policy Shift

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is preparing to convene its Consumer Advisory Board next week to review major policy changes, including a controversial proposal to scale back long-standing...

Supreme Court to Review Legality of Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Restrictions

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to examine the legality of President Donald Trumps directive aimed at restricting birthright citizenship, a move that could redefine a long-standing interpretation of the 14th Amendment....

Australia Imposes Sanctions on Taliban Officials Over Human Rights Abuses

Australia has announced new financial sanctions and travel bans against four senior officials of Afghanistans Taliban government, citing the worsening human rights situation in the country, particularly the escalating...

U.S. Appeals Court Rules Trump Can Remove Members of Key Federal Labor Boards

A U.S. appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump had the authority to dismiss Democratic members of two major federal labor boards, marking a significant win for efforts to expand presidential control over...

Trump Backs Review of U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule After Hepatitis B Policy Change

President Donald Trump on Friday expressed support for a major shift in U.S. vaccine policy after government advisers voted to eliminate the long-standing recommendation that all newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine at...

Science

Senate Sets December 8 Vote on Trump’s NASA Nominee Jared Isaacman

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee announced it will vote on December 8 on President Donald Trumps renewed nomination of private astronaut and tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. Isaacman, known for his...

NASA Cuts Boeing Starliner Missions as SpaceX Pulls Ahead

NASA has significantly scaled back Boeings Starliner program after years of technical issues and delays, announcing that the next Starliner mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will fly without astronauts. The...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Achieves Breakthrough Success With First NASA Mission

Blue Origins massive New Glenn rocket marked a major milestone as it completed its first mission for paying customers, sending two NASA satellites toward Mars and successfully landing its reusable booster at sea. The...

Cogent Biosciences Soars 120% on Breakthrough Phase 3 Results for Bezuclastinib in GIST Treatment

Cogent Biosciences (NASDAQ: COGT) shares skyrocketed over 120% after the biotech company announced groundbreaking results from its Phase 3 PEAK trial evaluating bezuclastinib in combination with sunitinib for patients with...

Trump and Merck KGaA Partner to Slash IVF Drug Costs and Expand Fertility Coverage

U.S. President Donald Trump and German pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA have announced a groundbreaking deal aimed at lowering the cost of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments while boosting access to fertility care in...

Technology

Taiwan Opposition Criticizes Plan to Block Chinese App Rednote Over Security Concerns

Taiwans political landscape heated up after the government announced a plan to suspend access to the Chinese social media platform Rednoteknown as Xiaohongshufor one year. The interior ministry said the proposed ban stems...

EU Prepares Antitrust Probe Into Meta’s AI Integration on WhatsApp

The European Commission is reportedly preparing to launch a new antitrust investigation into Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META) over the companys recent rollout of artificial intelligence features within WhatsApp....

Sam Altman Reportedly Explored Funding for Rocket Venture in Potential Challenge to SpaceX

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly explored raising significant capital to acquire or partner with a rocket company, a move that could have created direct competition with Elon Musks SpaceX. According to a report from the...

Wikipedia Pushes for AI Licensing Deals as Jimmy Wales Calls for Fair Compensation

Wikipedia is seeking additional licensing deals with major technology companies to address the growing financial burden caused by artificial intelligence firms heavily scraping its platform, according to co-founder Jimmy...

Firelight Launches as First XRP Staking Platform on Flare, Introduces DeFi Cover Feature

Firelight reaches 25M XRP deposit cap within hours of launch; ushers in a new era for decentralized XRP staking. A new XRP staking platform, Firelight, has officially launched on the Flare blockchain, marking the first...