Moody's: Australian residential mortgage arrears rise to 5-year high and will continue to increase

Sep 18, 2017 04:01 am UTC| Research & Analysis Economy

Moodys Investors Service says that the proportion of Australian residential mortgages more than 30 days in arrears rose to 1.62% in May 2017, the highest rate in five years, and up from 1.50% in May 2016. Furthermore,...

FxWirePro: Brazilian macro outlook stimulates BRL with lingering political turmoil

Sep 15, 2017 13:14 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

The BRL should depreciate on a spot basis over the next year, and positive carry should largely cover the spot losses. A number of factors have helped the BRL. These range from improvement in macro data (bottoming out GDP...

FxWirePro: Turbulence in bullion space ahead of Fed – A run through on hedging positioning

Sep 15, 2017 11:58 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

Gold has decisively broken out of its previously established narrow range, pushing through the $1,300/oz ceiling it had previously unsuccessfully attempted to rise above three times prior since April (refer above diagram)....

FxWirePro: Yen surges against dollar, fades against euro – A glimpse through yields ahead of FED and BoJ monetary policies

Sep 15, 2017 11:35 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis

The dollar has lost further ground as the 10-year Treasury yield drops further in both nominal and real terms, outright and relative to the average of the DXY basket. USDJPY has tumbled from the highs of 118.662 levels to...

FxWirePro: US inflation and unemployment claims intensify expectations of hawkish rhetoric from Fed, Dollar OTC to substantiate

Sep 15, 2017 08:07 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

We all know the saying one swallow does not make summer. Referring to yesterdays consumer price data from the US and the market reaction it caused the story goes as follows: Consumer prices in the US increased 1.9 pct...

FxWirePro: Uphold bullish exposure in EURJPY via call RKO on shrinking IVs and 1m skewness

Sep 15, 2017 07:05 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

Please be noted that the implied vols of EURJPY crosses have been shrinking lower in spite of next weeks BoJ monetary policy announcement and Euro zones trade balance. 1m IVs are shrinking below 8.4%. Euro area CPI, PMIs...

Moody's: Philippines' credit profile balances sound fundamentals against structural challenges

Sep 15, 2017 01:56 am UTC| Research & Analysis

Moodys Investors Service says that the credit profile of the Philippines (Baa2 Stable) balances sound economic and fiscal fundamentals against structural challenges to competitiveness and rising political risks. We...