Currency snapshot (commodity pairs)
May 20, 2016 15:53 pm UTC| Commentary
Dollar index trading at 95.39 (+0.11%) Strength meter (today so far) Aussie -0.14%, Kiwi +0.06%, Loonie -0.28% Strength meter (since last week) Aussie -0.95%, Kiwi -0.24%, Loonie -1.30% AUD/USD Trading at...
South Africa's Reserve Bank holds rates despite inflation at uncomfortably high levels
May 20, 2016 15:37 pm UTC| Commentary
South Africas Reserve Bank left its benchmark lending rate unchanged at 7 percent on Thursday, but kept options alive for further tightening later in the year as it faced a policy dilemma of rising inflation and low...
May 20, 2016 15:23 pm UTC| Commentary
Energy pack is mixed in todays trading. Weekly performance at a glance in chart table. Oil (WTI) WTI is down today but it has somewhat shrugged off Dollar strength. Todays range $49.3...
Currency snapshot (major pairs)
May 20, 2016 15:10 pm UTC| Commentary
Dollar index trading at 95.42 (+0.14%) Strength meter (today so far) Euro +0.04%, Franc -0.12%, Yen -0.56%, GBP -0.44% Strength meter (since last week) Euro -0.76%, Franc -1.87%, Yen -1.81%, GBP +1.21% EUR/USD...
Deutsche bank recommends to sell all EM currencies
May 20, 2016 14:40 pm UTC| Commentary
Deutsche is with Dollar. In its quarterly currency report, Deutsche Bank has said that EM currencies are not out of the woods, while Dollar has juice left. Latest call for hikes from U.S. Federal reserve policymakers...
Upbeat data in April lowers possibility of rate cuts from Poland Central Bank
May 20, 2016 14:34 pm UTC| Commentary
Polands industrial production data released yesterday showed strong growth in April. According to the Central Statistical Office of Poland, April industrial production grew 6% y/y, confounding expectations for a decline of...
Strong Polish activity data in April suggests weakness seen in Q1 was likely temporary
May 20, 2016 13:56 pm UTC| Commentary
Data from statistics office GUS showed on May 19th that Polands retail sales grew 5.5% y/y in constant prices in April, up from 3% recorded the previous month. In monthly terms, retail sales still fell 0.3%, while in...
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects