Chart of the Day: Record breaking Trump-Clinton dual
Jun 20, 2016 16:48 pm UTC| Commentary
American corporates eyeing to profit from Trump-Clinton dual in presidential debates that are expected to break many if not all previous viewers records like the 81 million viewers record set by Carter-Reagan. Read more...
RBA minutes to provide clues on the central bank's rate outlook
Jun 20, 2016 15:44 pm UTC| Commentary
The upcoming RBA June meeting minutes (Tuesday at 1:30 GMT) could provide further information on the central banks rate outlook. Aussie could see greater support if the June meeting minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia...
German economy to see sharp slowdown in Q2: Bundesbank Report
Jun 20, 2016 15:27 pm UTC| Commentary
Bundesbank, in its latest monthly report, released on Monday said that Germanys economic growth is likely to slow sharply in the second quarter before rebounding later in the year and returning to a solid growth...
Polish hard macro figures continue to disappoint in May
Jun 20, 2016 14:37 pm UTC| Commentary
Polands industrial output and retails sales figures disappointed in May. Data showed a month-on-month decline (3.6 percent) in industrial production in May. In year-on-year terms, however, the growth has still remained...
National Bank of Hungary’s meet to be overshadowed by the upcoming Brexit vote
Jun 20, 2016 14:11 pm UTC| Commentary
The meeting of the National Bank of Hungary on Tuesday will be undoubtedly overshadowed by the upcoming vote on Brexit. The central bank is largely expected to keep policy unchanged. Hungarian central bankers have already...
New Zealand households remain upbeat despite decline in confidence
Jun 20, 2016 13:35 pm UTC| Commentary
Data released earlier on Monday showed that New Zealand Westpac McDermott Miller consumer confidence index fell 3.7 points to 106 in the June quarter, below the long-run average of 111.5. The presented conditions index was...
Why was the DXY range-bound? Option trading approach for dollar index
Jun 20, 2016 13:20 pm UTC| Commentary
Is the reign of the US dollar over? Since January, the US dollar has not been driven by Fed hike expectations. The fast and strong US dollar strengthening in 2014 and 2015 can be attributed to expectations of the Fed...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects