Jan 10, 2017 07:11 am UTC| Central Banks Commentary Economy Insights & Views
Indias inflation continued to remain subdued during the month of November, exerting deeper pressure on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to undertake easing policy in the next 2-day bi-monthly monetary policy scheduled to be...
FxWirePro: What’s buzzing in EUR/JPY IVs - Smart trades to short rich skews
Jan 10, 2017 06:02 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The EURJPY volatility surface is currently offering very attractive shorting opportunities, as ATM volatility is rich and 6m/1y skews are excessively priced. Here, we recommend a couple of trades taking advantage of both...
Feeling so emotional: why we rage about religion on Facebook
Jan 09, 2017 23:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
On Christmas Day, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg used his website to tell the world that he was not an atheist any more. In this way, the billionaire used Facebook to express his feelings about religion, like many social...
In Sudan, movies made by researchers change the way people see female genital cutting
Jan 09, 2017 23:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Female genital cutting and the international response surrounding the practice represent incompatible cultures coming together in a shrinking world. According to UNICEF, in 2016, an estimated 200 million girls and women...
FxWirePro: GBP options and swap trades on mixed bag of UK data and looming harder Brexit
Jan 09, 2017 13:06 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The general perception is that FX markets have seen a higher number of extreme events in 2015-2016. This includes an unusual number of flash crashes such as in Octoberwhen GBPUSD collapsed by 6% in the space of a few...
MNB likely to maintain accommodative policy stance, EUR-HUF likely at 315.00 over the coming quarter
Jan 09, 2017 11:40 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks
Following two months of decline, Hungarian industrial production growth returned to positive in November. However, growth was capped at just 0.6 percent, in both adjusted and non-adjusted terms, data from the statistics...
FxWirePro: Has the Brexit dust settled? Is Cable slump poised?
Jan 09, 2017 10:54 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
After Brexit apprehensions, GBPUSD recoupled with short-term rates, which are unlikely to trend in H117. The Brexit formalities would not be softbut seems unlikely to bring in large surprises or any dramatic movements in...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects