Emerging Europe: Protecting retail borrowers is a job for politicians, not regulators
A shopping street in Ljubljana How much retail lending growth is too much? It is a question that has been exercising regulators across emerging Europe during the past two years as banks in the region have rushed to offer cash...
Major US companies are warning about the potential impact of the coronavirus on earnings calls
A deadly spreading virus is now worrying some of the world’s biggest companies. The word “virus” or “coronavirus” was mentioned by 27 different S&P Composite 1500 companies on earnings calls this week, according to CNBC’s screening using FactSet. The Wuhan...
December pending home sales fall 4.9% as supply hits a record low
Pending home sales, which measure signed contracts, not closings, dropped 4.9% in December compared with November, as the supply of homes hit a record low during the month. Sales were projected to rise 1% month to month. December is historically...
History lessons from 2003 for pathogen-hit Asian markets
In 2003, the Hong Kong IPO market, then as now dominated by aspiring mainland corporates, started off with a bang before tailing off sharply as news of a deadly new pathogen emerged. Severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, resulted in...
Coronavirus Impact on the Chinese Economy
Executive Summary For the past three weeks, a new coronavirus has originated in China and spread across Asia. More recently, the virus was confirmed to have entered several other countries around the world, sparking reminders of the SARS epidemic that...
Bank of England: Could be a Tense Meeting
The Bank of England (BoE) is having its first policy meeting for 2020 on Thursday at 12:00 GMT and a day before the UK officially departs from the EU. Despite the political relief, the rate decision, which will be the...
CADJPY Strictly Capped Below 50-Period SMA and 23.6% Fibonacci
CADJPY found strong resistance from the 50-day simple moving average (SMA) and the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement level of the upward wave from 78.48 to 84.55 near 83.11 earlier today. Questions are rising now about whether the market can sustain the...
Dollar & Yen Firmer as Investors Hold Their Hands on Coronavirus Uncertainty
While risk sentiments stabilize today, there is no clear momentum of any meaningful recovery in global stock markets. Investors remain on guard against new developments of China’s coronavirus outbreak, which confirmed cases exceed 2003’s SARS already. Yen and Dollar trading...
EURCHF Turns Higher After Recording 33-Month Bottom
EURCHF reversed higher on Tuesday after the slip to a new 33-month low of 1.0664. In the longer timeframe, the price is still standing in a strong bearish mode since April 2019. From the technical view point, the RSI broke...
Aussie Recovers after CPI as Markets Stabilized, FOMC Watched
Sentiments continue to be relatively stable in Asian session today. Hong Kong stocks are back from holiday and tumble sharply. But Nikkei and Singapore Strait times are having mild recovery. Gold is back below 1570 level and WTI crude oil...
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