German bunds remain mixed ahead of ECB’s monetary policy decision

Mar 08, 2018 08:55 am UTC| Commentary Economy

The German bunds remained mixed Thursday as investors, now, shall be focussing on the European Central Banks (ECB) monetary policy decision, scheduled to be unveiled today by 12:45GMT. The German 10-year bond yields,...

Australia's trade balance improves sharply in January on solid momentum in exports

Mar 08, 2018 06:13 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Australiastrade balance improved sharply in January to a surplus of AUD1.1 billion, while Novembers deficit was revised lower to AUD1.1 billion from the initially reported AUD1.4 billion. Non-monetary gold was a big driver...

JGBs trade in tight range despite upward revision of Q4 GDP, BoJ policy decision in focus

Mar 08, 2018 04:55 am UTC| Commentary Economy

The Japanese government bonds traded in a tight rangeon Thursdayas investors await the Bank of Japans (BoJ) two-day monetary policy meeting, due to be concluded onMarch 9will add further direction to the debt...

Australian bonds slump as trade balance returns to surplus in January

Mar 08, 2018 03:16 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Australian government bonds slumpedon Thursdayfollowing better-than-expected trade balance data from the month of January, which return to surplus after registering huge deficit in December last year. The yield on the...

Euro area Q4 growth final estimate affirms earlier estimate of 0.6 pct growth, likely to moderate in Q1 2018

Mar 07, 2018 21:17 pm UTC| Commentary Economy

The final estimate of euro areas fourth quarter GDP growth affirmed the earlier estimate of growth of 0.6 percent on a sequential basis, 0.1 percentage point weaker than the earlier two quarters. On a year-on-year basis,...

South African economy grows strongly in Q4 2017, but growth momentum to slow down

Mar 07, 2018 13:59 pm UTC| Commentary Economy

The South African economy surprisingly grew solidly in the fourth quarter. The unexpected solid expansion of the South African economy in the December quarter led to the USD/ZAR pair to ease by 10 pips to levels around...

Asian transportation activity sees record rise in February, shows latest Asia Sector PMI survey

Mar 07, 2018 13:40 pm UTC| Commentary Economy

The latest Asia Sector PMI data showed that transportation led Asian growth in February. Furthermore, the growth in output in the sector accelerated to the most rapid since the series started in September 2007. Second...