Dec 14, 2016 13:04 pm UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis
Steeper EUR vol curve on ECBs soft taper As has become par for the course in recent years, the December ECB meeting surprised by delivering a soft taper that reduced the pace of asset purchases, but forestalled a vicious...
FxWirePro: Deploy NZD/SEK shorts on valuations via options
Dec 14, 2016 09:37 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Kiwi dollar has been gaining in the recent times as the RBNZ ended its easing cycle on 10 Nov and will remain on hold for a long time. That will anchor the short end somewhat (although the 2yr-OCR spread one measure of...
Moody's: Nigeria's banking system has stable outlook for 2017
Dec 14, 2016 08:29 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Nigerias banking system has a stable outlook for 2017, reflecting its banks stable deposit funding bases, high local currency liquidity, resilient capital buffers and likely support from the authorities in case of need,...
Dec 14, 2016 07:27 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis
The AUDUSD momentum remains positive for today but slightly weaker. We look for another push above 0.7500, which will probably happen if theres a bout of long-USD profit-taking post FOMC tonight. AUD/USD 1-3 month:The...
Moody's publishes latest edition of Inside India
Dec 14, 2016 03:47 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Moodys Investors Service has just released its latest edition of Inside India, a quarterly publication that examines the major credit trends in India, through recently published Moodys reports. One of the articles...
Moody's: China's SOE reform to continue at gradual pace; credit implications vary across sectors
Dec 13, 2016 02:10 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Moodys Investors Service says that Chinas (Aa3 negative) reform of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) will continue at a gradual pace, given the need to balance the central governments multiple commitments and other reform...
Dec 13, 2016 01:35 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Moodys Investors Service says that the outlook for banks in Asia Pacific for 2017 is negative, because of the challenging operating conditions in the region, which will weigh on the banks asset quality and...
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