U.S. 10-year yield likely to drift lower on account of Fed’s stance shift, could boost risk appetite afterwards: Scotiabank

Nov 30, 2018 04:59 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

The United States 10-year Treasury yield is expected to drift lower on account of the Feds stance shift rather than rising flight-to-quality demand, which could boost risk appetite afterwards and prop up risk assets...

Australian bonds climb tracking U.S. Treasuries after Fed minutes maintain case for continued rate hikes

Nov 30, 2018 02:57 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Australian government bonds climbed during Asian session Friday tracking a similar movement in the United States counterpart after the Federal Reserves November monetary policy meeting minutes re-affirmed the case for...

Federal Reserve likely to continue hiking interest rates steadily by another 75bp in 2019, says Fitch Ratings

Nov 29, 2018 08:33 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

The United States Federal Reserve is expected to continue hiking interest rates steadily, by another 75 basis points in 2019, which would bring cumulative rate hikes since end-2017 to 175 bps, according to the latest...

Australia’s capex falls slightly in Q3, outlook for 2018-19 revised higher

Nov 29, 2018 06:45 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Australias Capex fell slightly in Q3, although this was somewhat tempered by the upgrade to the Q2 result, from -2.5 percent q/q to -0.9 percent q/q. Further, outside of the weakness in construction, the details of the...

Australian bonds fall tracking U.S. Treasuries following Fed Chair Powell’s comments

Nov 29, 2018 05:32 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Australian government bonds remained tad higher during Asian session Wednesday as investors risk appetite showed downward signs, tracking a similar movement in the United States Treasuries. The yield on Australias...

U.S. Treasuries trade flat ahead of Fed Chair Powell’s speech, Q3 GDP data

Nov 28, 2018 11:29 am UTC| Commentary Economy

The U.S. Treasuries traded flat during late afternoon session Wednesday amid a muted trading session that witnessed data of little economic significance. However, markets will keenly eye Fed Chair Jerome Powells speech to...

German bunds rally ahead of ECB President Draghi’s speech, November unemployment change

Nov 28, 2018 10:22 am UTC| Commentary Economy

The German bunds rallied during European session Wednesday ahead of the European Central Banks (ECB) President Mario Draghis speech, scheduled to be held on November 29 by 14:00GMT, followed by the countrys unemployment...