Q2 GDP data shows eurozone economy still has some momentum, but, risk of downward revision high
Jul 29, 2016 11:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
According to the preliminary estimates released on Friday, the Euro area recorded a tepid economic growth of 0.3 percent q/q in the second quarter of 2016. The reading was in line with market expectations but was well...
FxWirePro: Long USD/KRW as a hedge against adverse August seasonal patterns through 1m NDF
Jul 29, 2016 10:31 am UTC| Insights & Views
Korean currency has won the trading against US dollar consecutively and continued its multi-month gains, KRW gained almost more than 10% to evidence 9 months lows of USDKRW. Since the end of February, the KRW rallied...
The driving forces of hedging KRW in August blues
Jul 29, 2016 09:58 am UTC| Insights & Views
With EM FX rallying year-to-date, investors might be inclined to take some chips off the table heading into August. Possible factors that could cause disturbances to risk sentiment include a more hawkish Fed or oil prices...
How Germany's troubled history adds a twist to Angela Merkel's migration woes
Jul 29, 2016 09:12 am UTC| Insights & Views
The motives behind the four attacks that have taken place in Germany recently are still under investigation. Links to Islamic State are suspected in two cases, but not in the others. The one common factor was that all the...
FxWirePro: Hedge AUD/USD puzzling swings via “DDPS” on bearish-neutral RR ahead of RBA
Jul 29, 2016 08:04 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
AUDUSD delta risk reversals indicate bearish-neutral sentiments in FX OTC markets as there is no hedging interest seen in near terms (see for 1W expiries) but this has again shown in favour of bearish interests as the...
Get ready for the Aussie dollar to fall
Jul 29, 2016 08:01 am UTC| Insights & Views
Vital Signs is a weekly economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data impacting...
Crippling rural debt looms as biggest threat to our beef producers
Jul 29, 2016 07:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Business Economy
What will happen now that the rains have come to many parched beef lands of Queensland? Current high cattle prices and renewed pastures suggest optimism, even good times. Perhaps record exports from the worlds largest beef...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects