Turkey’s consumer confidence index falls in December

Dec 21, 2016 08:24 am UTC| Commentary

Turkeys consumer sentiment index dropped in December. The Turkish Statistical Institute showed that the index fell 8 percent in sequential terms from 68.93 in November to 63.38 in December. The financial situation...

U.S. 10-year Treasury yields likely to reach 3.10 pct by Q4 2017, says OCBC Bank

Dec 21, 2016 07:56 am UTC| Commentary

Following the latest selling in the United States Treasuries pushed the benchmark 10-year yields to 2.64 percent, highest since September 2014. This was majorly driven by the Federal Reserves increased inflation...

Malaysia consumer inflation surprisingly rises in November on push from higher food prices

Dec 21, 2016 07:53 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Consumer inflation in Malaysia unexpectedly rose during the month of November, following push from higher food prices, against market expectations for a slight ease during the period. Malaysias consumer price inflation...

FxWirePro: Aussie long call under threat

Dec 21, 2016 07:38 am UTC| Commentary

In a previous article, we at FxWirePro called on our readers to go long in the Australian dollar against the US dollar at thethen current rate at 0.75 area with a target around 0.81 area, however, that call is under threat...

Euroarea money supply growth seems to have remained stable in November

Dec 21, 2016 07:24 am UTC| Commentary

Euro areas money supply growth is likely to have remained stable in November. In the prior month, M3 growth had dropped to 4.4 percent year-on-year from 5.1 percent year-on-year in September. This fall was because of a...

FxWirePro: Natural gas prices might test $3 support as inventory weighs

Dec 21, 2016 07:02 am UTC| Commentary

Over the past week or so, many parts of the United States experienced severe cold. In Chicago, just two days ago, thetemperature dropped to as low as -20 degrees centigrade, while the hottest has been just 4-degree...

JGBs nearly flat as market remains silent on festive mood

Dec 21, 2016 06:51 am UTC| Commentary

The Japanese government bonds traded nearly flat Wednesday as investors remain sidelined in any big deal ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays. We foresee that the bond prices will keep drifting between small gains...