Apr 29, 2016 09:26 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
If the BoJ implements additional QQE, yens depreciation and risky asset avenues rally could be restrained or momentary, whichmay lead toa larger risk of the BoJ trailing buoyancy. Well, Abenomics has been...
Driving forces of CNY IRS gains (almost 30 bps)
Apr 28, 2016 11:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Commentary
Thereve beenemerged tightening bias in Chinas onshore liquidity situations in recent past while the PBoC infused CNY1.3trn money into the market via different instruments, there is no significant improvement...
No new signals from the Fed, ambiguity regarding June hike continues
Apr 28, 2016 11:00 am UTC| Insights & Views
Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday left interest rates unchanged and provided no hint of a hike at the June meeting. Mixed global economic signals and low inflation combined with Brexit uncertainties probably clouding...
No stimulus from Fed and RBNZ, but Treasury yields drop
Apr 28, 2016 09:30 am UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
As you all know by now both central banks in US and New Zealand territory have maintained status quo in their monetary policy decision, feds funds rate at 0.50% and RBNZs OCR at 2.25%. But, there were both dovish and...
#Bingate: how rubbish can lose votes and alienate people
Apr 28, 2016 03:07 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
When it comes to recycling, Hull City Council has threatened local households with the nuclear option: clean out your recyclable waste or we will take your bin away. According to the council, 20% of the recyclable waste...
Why Ryanair's private jet service might just take off
Apr 28, 2016 03:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
Budget airline Ryanair has launched a corporate jet charter service. You could say I was surprised to hear this news. We all know that the terms business class and fine dining are not something we associate with...
There are also drawbacks to being bilingual
Apr 28, 2016 02:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
The ability to speak more than one language certainly has its perks. It enables you to work in another country, for example, interact with people while travelling, or consume foreign media. Bilingualism is very common ...
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