Weekly Focus – Middle East Situation Remains Tense
Market sentiment has remained volatile throughout the week. Iran’s strikes to Israel last weekend sparked […]
Enough Fed Rate Cut Delay is Discounted
Markets In a session deprived of key data, yields and the USD yesterday faced a […]
Currency War and Geopolitical Risk are Deadly Concoctions for Risk Assets
The odds have inched higher for a currency war scenario where the Chinese yuan may […]
WS Risk-Off Spilled Over to Asia
Markets Markets yesterday initially reacted stoic to Saturday’s attack of Iran and against Israel. European […]
Hard to Justify a Cut
A stronger-than-expected retail sales data from the US cemented the idea that the US economy […]
Mixed Signals Indicate China Still Muddling Through
In focus today We continue to follow the developments in the Middle East after Iran’s […]
China’s Q1 GDP Growth Next on Asian Calendar
China’s Q1 GDP expected to fall below 5.0% on Tuesday at 02:00 GMT Expansion to […]
Markets Will Keep a Close Eye on Developments in Middle East
Markets Markets on Friday were captured by a risk-off correction as headlines/rumours suggested an upcoming, […]
Iranian Drone Strike on Israel Escalates Middle East Tensions
In focus today The key focus today will be the escalation of the Middle Eastern […]
Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary: No, No, After You
Summary United States: Are We There Yet? The March consumer price data dominated the economic […]
Week Ahead – More Inflation Data on the Way as Rate Cut Bets Thrown into Disarray
CPI numbers due in the UK, Japan, Canada and New Zealand China to also come […]
China’s GDP grows 5.3% yoy in Q1, but March data weak
China’s GDP grew 5.3% yoy in Q1, above expectation of 5.0% yoy. Comparing to Q4, […]