Currency War Series

RBI likely to lower rate next week

Mar 30, 2016 07:57 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The Reserve Bank of India, in its policy guidance, takes in inflationary expectations along with headline/core inflation. Inflationary expectations continued to increase during the central banks survey in December 2015....

Russian bonds rally on strong oil prices, Yellen’s speech

Mar 30, 2016 07:42 am UTC| Commentary

The Russian bonds jumped on following strong cues emerging from crude oil prices, pushing the yield on 10-year bonds down 10 bps.Moreover, the Brent crude oil, a global benchmark for Russias main export, was lifted today...

BOJ limits bond buying program at -0.6% yield

Mar 30, 2016 07:14 am UTC| Commentary

The Bank of Japan has been charging interest on bank reserves from January, which is pushing the government bonds yield below zero, has its limits. The BoJ put around a fifth of the 645 billion yen ($5.7 billion) of debt...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: Modifying strategy in our Pound/Dollar bull call

Mar 30, 2016 07:06 am UTC| Commentary

Anyone who have read through our post Pound could gain towards 1.5 against Dollar could easily relate, if not then you have the article here -...

Singapore’s manufacturing sector to remain weak, recovery unlikely in near term

Mar 30, 2016 06:51 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Singapores industrial production in February declined 4.7% y/y, in spite of having a very low base in February 2015, when the output had dropped to a 24-month low. The data is worrisome as the February 2016s figure is even...

Cautious Yellen sets tone ahead of March NFP

Mar 30, 2016 06:35 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Relatively dovish comments from FED chair Janet Yellen have set the tone of the market, heading into Fridays non-farm payroll report. Her remarks are in sharp contrast to some other notable FED speakers, in this years...

South Korea bonds gain on easing expectation, Yellen’s dovish speech

Mar 30, 2016 06:31 am UTC| Commentary

The South Koreas 10-year bond prices gained on Wednesday amid following dovish comments made by the Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. Moreover, South Korean government bonds also extended gains after Goldman Sachs Group...