Briferendum Series: London School of Economics alarms on FDI in case of exit
Apr 15, 2016 11:36 am UTC| Commentary
After Labour party leader warned against Brexit saying that UK is better off in the reformed union, London School of Economics is the latest to warn on Brexit. According to the Schools research, Brexit would hurt FDI to...
Russian bonds mixed ahead of Doha talks
Apr 15, 2016 11:35 am UTC| Commentary
The Russian bonds trade mixed on Friday, as investors awaits Doha talks this Sunday. The benchmark 10-year bonds yield, which is inversely proportional to bond price tad rose 0.43 pct to 9.28 pct and 3-year bonds yield...
Apr 15, 2016 10:58 am UTC| Commentary
The implied volatility of 1W ATM AUDCAD contracts are at 9.51% and 8.68% for 1 months tenor. Moreover, it is perceived that the further CAD strength is certainly dependent on commodity price recoveries, especially crude...
ECB suffers difficult reflation task with more than half the countries in deflation
Apr 15, 2016 10:52 am UTC| Commentary
You dont want to be sitting in the seat of European Central Bank (ECB) chief Mario Draghi, who faces one of the difficult reflationary task ahead of him. At one hand he is suffering sharp criticism from the likes of...
IMF lowers Japan’s 2016 growth outlook to 0.5%, economy likely to contract in 2017
Apr 15, 2016 10:52 am UTC| Commentary
The International Monetary Fund, in its latest Word Economic Outlook report, considerably lowered Japans economic growth outlook to 0.5% from its earlier forecast of 1%. The IMF lowered the global growth forecast too;...
Briferendum Series: Gilts say “what Brexit?”
Apr 15, 2016 10:24 am UTC| Commentary
While Sterling is shivering with the fear of Brexit, You cant see any sign of that in the credit market. In fact Gilts have outperformed its global peers, both Germany and United States this year. So, is credit market is...
Apr 15, 2016 10:18 am UTC| Commentary
According to latest commentaries from International Energy Agency (IEA), global energy watchdog, oil market is moving closer to balancing, with demand holding steady and supply side rebalancing. IEA believes supply drop...
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