Nov 02, 2016 07:28 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis
Fundamental updates: The Bank of Japan (BoJ) maintained its current quantitative and qualitative easing programme with yield curve control aiming to achieve the price stability target of two pct. BoJ maintains...
Moody's: Stable outlook for Philippine banks, but differentiation in government support for banks
Oct 31, 2016 03:15 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Moodys Investors Service says that its outlook for the Philippine banking system over the next 12-18 months is stable, based on the robust fundamentals of the system, and the countrys macroeconomic stability. Asset...
Oct 28, 2016 09:15 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Commentary
New Zealand posted a NZD 1436 million trade deficit in September of 2016, compared to a NZD 1140 million shortfall a year earlier and beyond market projections of NZD 1125 million gap. Exports dropped by 5.7 pct, led by...
Oct 27, 2016 11:22 am UTC| Research & Analysis Commentary
Before we begin with the strategy run through, lets have aglance on the underlying spot movements of EURCHF and the OTC FX updates. EURCHFs range bound pattern is still persisting for about more than a year or so, from...
Moody's: China's shadow banking activity expands briskly; credit growth outpaces nominal GDP
Oct 27, 2016 02:15 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Moodys Investors Service says that overall shadow banking activity in China (Aa3 negative) expanded briskly during H1 2016. We estimate that Chinas shadow banking sector grew 19% in H1 2016 on an annualized basis to...
FxWirePro: Speculating EUR/USD’s non-directional trend via iron condors in tepid IVs
Oct 25, 2016 11:35 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis
The euro was little changed yesterday, despite the hawkish Fed rhetoric, after stronger-than-expected October PMI data and comments from ECB Governing Council member Hansson that all aspects of the QE programme needed...
FxWirePro: Short rich gamma in USD/BRL as BCB shifts into hawkish tone
Oct 25, 2016 09:47 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis
Brazils long-awaited exit from recession took a step back this week, with a disappointing set of August activity data leading us to lower the growth projection for Q316 even though we still see a tepid recovery starting...
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