French non-farm payrolls continue to rise in Q3, supported by temporary work

Dec 08, 2016 08:23 am UTC| Commentary Economy

French non-farm payrolls continued to rise during the third quarter of this year, supported by growth in temporary work. In Q3 2016, French payroll employment in the non-farm market sectors continued to increase...

Oil in Global Economy Series

Oil in Global Economy Series: Why even after OPEC deal EIA forecasts $50 per barrel oil for 2017?

Dec 08, 2016 08:12 am UTC| Commentary

On November 30th, OPEC members reached a deal to cut production by 1.2 million barrels per day and non-OPEC members would join in with another 0.6 million barrels per day production cut. The deal was supposed to be nothing...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

Mixed bag euro hedging sentiments as Draghi to weigh Italian referendum impact on QE

Dec 08, 2016 07:45 am UTC| Central Banks Commentary

The political uncertainty is dominant in theeuro area, ECB President Mario Draghi said in an interview with El Pais published last week. So far weve seen that in the short-term the response to these uncertainties has been...

Central Banking Series

Indian sovereign bonds witness heavy sell-off across the curve as RBI surprise markets with steady policy rate

Dec 08, 2016 07:22 am UTC| Commentary

The Indian sovereign bonds have witnessed a heavy sell-off across the curve on Thursday after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its last monetary policy meeting of 2016 unexpectedly kept its key interest rate...

Central Banking Series

JGBs trade narrowly mixed ahead of ECB, Fed monetary policy decisions

Dec 08, 2016 07:11 am UTC| Commentary

The Japanese government bonds traded narrowly mixed Thursday as investors await the two of the worlds largest central banks monetary policy decisions. The benchmark 10-year bond yield, which moves inversely to its...

Japan Q3 GDP declines on slowdown in capex, inventories, misses market consensus

Dec 08, 2016 07:05 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Gross domestic product in Japan during the third-quarter of this year declined unexpectedly, following drops in business spending and in private inventories. Japan unexpectedly cut its reading of third-quarter economic...

Oil in Global Economy Series

Was the OPEC deal a win-win for all?

Dec 08, 2016 07:04 am UTC| Commentary

Win-win for all? Certainly not. Looking at the deal, one might assume that Saudi Arabia has shouldered the biggest cuts among OPEC members but close scrutiny revealthat may not be the actual case. To understand that one...