Singapore’s non-oil domestic export data likely declined in March
Apr 15, 2016 07:56 am UTC| Commentary
Singapore is due to release its March non-oil domestic export data on Monday. The data is likely to disappoint further, according DBS Bank. Export sales are projected to have declined 17.1% y/y, added DBS Bank. This is...
Malaysian economy to moderate this year, MYR likely to decline to 4.25 vs USD by 2016-end
Apr 15, 2016 07:54 am UTC| Commentary
In 2015, the Malaysian economy expanded 5%, as compared with 6% in 2014, in spite of the MYR depreciating almost 19% against the USD last year. Government spending and private consumption are the main growth drivers of the...
Indonesian bonds trade flat despite weak exports
Apr 15, 2016 07:48 am UTC| Commentary
The Indonesian 10-year bond yield is unchanged on Friday despite weak exports figure in March. The benchmark 10-year bonds yield, which moves inversely to its price of bonds stood at 7.422 pct as compared to 7.419 pct on...
Copper and Crude crusade in commodity space for bear rout
Apr 15, 2016 07:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Commentary
The correlation of Crude oil and Copper price moves was in linear curve from long ago but in the recent times this relation is diverged, as the supply-side support that has emerged for oil has not been replicated in the...
IMF worries on China and Brexit
Apr 15, 2016 07:09 am UTC| Commentary
International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its World Economic Outlook, released Tuesday, downgraded global growth by 0.2% to 3.2% for 2016. This is the fourth time IMF has revised growth down for 2016. Compared to its January...
Polish economy to grow strongly in H1 2016, investment growth likely to be higher going forward
Apr 15, 2016 07:06 am UTC| Commentary
The Polish economy was one of the most rapidly growing economies in Europe in 2015. The economy expanded 3.5% last year, mainly driven by growing domestic demand. With the domestic demand being the main growth driver, it...
Japanese long-term bonds gain after weak industrial production, BoJ’s easing expectations
Apr 15, 2016 06:56 am UTC| Commentary
The Japanese long-term government debt instrument gained on Friday amid weak industrial production figure and expectation of further policy easing from the Bank of Japan. The yield on the benchmark 10-year, which moves...
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