China headline growth should begin to suffer in Q2 2015: Capital Economics
Feb 25, 2015 17:33 pm UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Capital Economics:- Chinas HSBC/Markit manufacturing PMI picked up from 49.7 in January to 50.1 this month according to the flash reading (released on Wed). Although the breakdown points to weaker external...
US new home sales to continue to perform well over the course of 2015: Capital Economics
Feb 25, 2015 17:29 pm UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Capital Economics:- US new home sales sustained almost all of Decembers seven-year high in January, falling by a marginal 0.2% m/m. (Data released on Wednesday.)- The strong labour market and loosening mortgage...
PBoC unlikely to start targeting a weaker CNY to support growth: Danske Bank
Feb 25, 2015 12:42 pm UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Danske Bank: -The Chinese leadership probably does not see the need for aggressive easing at the moment, particularly if the target for GDP growth in 2015 is cut to 7.0% (in connection with the National...
Chinese PMIs to move moderately higher in the coming months: Danske Bank
Feb 25, 2015 12:40 pm UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Danske Bank: -The overall picture appears to be a subdued Chinese economy that has started to stabilise. GDP in H1 15 will in our view remain relatively stable above 7% y/y due to favourable...
Feb 25, 2015 10:28 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from RBC Capital Markets: -SEK: The minutes of this months Riksbank meeting, when the central bank used a combination of negative rates, QER and forward guidance to ease policy, revealed the usual wide array of...
Feb 25, 2015 10:28 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from RBC Capital Markets: -CAD: General USD weakness and better risk appetite have maintained the downward momentum in USD/CAD that began with Polozs speech yesterday. -After a sharp selloff yesterday, the forward...
Daily technical outlook for USD/ZAR: Societe Generale
Feb 25, 2015 10:22 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Societe Generale Cross Asset Research: -After facing stiff resistance at 2008 highs of 11.90, USD/ZAR has retraced towards the support at 11.40 which happens to be previous highs and the 76.4% retracement from...
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