Jun 01, 2015 21:02 pm UTC| Commentary
Westpac Research notes:NZD/USD 1 day: With 0.7100 broken last night, the focus will be 0.7000 in the short term.NZD/USD 1-3 month: Multi-month, we expect the US dollar uptrend to resume with stronger US data in Q2 and Q3...
Jun 01, 2015 21:00 pm UTC| Commentary
Westpac Research notes:AUD/USD 1 day: We have the RBA today post a strong USD session tonight with little upside from overnight closes and a range down to 0.7550.AUD/USD 1-3 month: Eventual resumption of the strong US...
Jun 01, 2015 20:58 pm UTC| Commentary
Westpac Research notes:AU swap yields 1 day: Yields have remained heavy in the ongoing wake of the dismal CAPEX data, though the busy data calendar this week should be mixed rather than dramatically negative.AU swap yields...
Jun 01, 2015 20:56 pm UTC| Commentary
Westpac Research notes:NZ swap yields 1 day: Yields should reopen from the long weekend at the lower end of recent ranges.NZ swap yields 1-3 month: Short maturity NZ interest rates are likely to remain depressed during the...
BoE mortgage approvals likely to jump sharply in April
Jun 01, 2015 17:56 pm UTC| Commentary
Following yesterdays modest rise in the UK manufacturing PMI, todays survey focus will be on the construction PMI. Having softened from 60.1 to 54.2 between February and April, some stabilisation in sentiment is expected...
BoJ’s next steps remain central to bearish yen views
Jun 01, 2015 17:38 pm UTC| Commentary
Japanese flow dynamics in the Abenomics era have been Japanese policy-dependent, which is why the BoJs next steps remain central to bearish yen views when the Fed is hibernating.But there are constraints on the BoJ...
Jun 01, 2015 17:09 pm UTC| Commentary
BofA Merrill Lynch:Despite this mornings bounce in US 10yr Treasury yields, we reiterate our bullish view. The completed, Head and Shoulders Top (in yield) points to further downside in the sessions and weeks ahead towards...
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Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects