FxWirePro: Are you against US dollar or commodity-driven currencies? Which is more vulnerable?
May 03, 2017 12:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Although the crude oil prices bounced back a bit yesterday but even so, softer commodities coming after softer Chinese PMIs have seen Australian equities and the AUD fall overnight in markets thinned-out by holidays in...
May 03, 2017 11:19 am UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
The U.S. Federal Reserve is most likely to maintain status quo at its monetary policy meeting today as it pauses to parse more economic data but may hint it is on track for an increase in June. The central bank is...
FxWirePro: USD/RUB FX derivatives trades amid CBR FX interventions
May 03, 2017 09:59 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views
USDRUB is advancing above 57 marks as the spot met dip buyers following the improved tone in the greenback plus the persistent weakness in crude oil prices. In fact, RUB sold off as the barrel of Brent crude is testing...
May 03, 2017 09:26 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The resolution of uncertainty after last weeks referendum opens the door for a relief rally in the short term, but medium term concerns remain; stay MW TRY in the GBI-EM Model Portfolio. The Turkish referendum last weekend...
Europe’s wall against African migrants is almost complete
May 03, 2017 09:12 am UTC| Insights & Views
A deal signed in Italy with tribes operating in southern Libya may be the last element of the barrier the EU has been constructing to exclude Africans from Europe. To seal the southern Libyan border means to seal the...
Will a president Macron be able to reform the eurozone?
May 03, 2017 09:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Economy
European financial markets are already betting on the victory of centrist French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron in the countrys May 7 second-round election. Are investors right to believe that the eurozone the...
What immigrants in Britain think of immigration
May 03, 2017 08:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Both the referendum vote to leave the European Union and Donald Trumps successful run for the US presidency have highlighted increasingly negative sentiments towards immigration. One argument frequently used to explain...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight