Sterling Lower as Crucial Brexit Votes Loom But There’s No Sign of Progress
Sterling opens the week lower and stays generally weak today. As the crucial Brexit votes loom there is no breakthrough on the issue of Irish backstop. EU’s so called “concessions” were rejected by the UK government. And there is practically...
Sentiments Turned Sour on Slowdown Worries, But No Panic Button Hit Yet
Looking through all the financial market news last week, the message was rather unified. That is, 2019 will be a year of slowdown, globally. Economic data, central banks, governments and independent organizations are all reinforcing this message. While ECB’s “pre-emptive”...
Dollar Weakens after Dismal 20k NFP Growth, But Loss Limited by Improvements in Unemployment Rate and Wage Growth
Dollar trades broadly lower in early US session after poor job report which shows only 20k growth, weakest since September 2017. However, weakness is at this point limited since the set of data is not totally negative. Unemployment rate did...
Yen Rally Accelerates as Shocking China Export Contraction Adds to ECB Misery
The impact of dovish ECB quickly spread to the whole world. Following weakness in the US and Europe, Asian stocks tumble broadly today. Adding to the misery, China’s February trade data were shockingly terrible, recording -20.7% yoy contraction in exports....
EUR/USD Dives after All-the-Way Dovish ECB, Heading Towards 1.1215 Low
Euro tumbles broadly after ECB delivered and all-the-way dovish meeting. There will be no rate hike until at least 2020. New TLTRO-III is announced. ECB expects sizeable moderation in growth. GDP growth forecast was revised down substantially. Yet, risks surrounding...
Euro Soft ahead of Dovish ECB, Canadian Sings BoC Blues
Asian markets are mixed today despite selloff in US overnight. Investors are generally non-committal, probably waiting for more concrete developments regarding US-China trade negotiations and Brexit. Though, the decline in US treasury yields is worth a note as 10-year yield...
US Trade Deficit Ballooned to Decade High, Dollar Shrugs and Stays Firm
Yen and Dollar are trading as the strongest ones for today so far. Slightly lower than expected ADP job growth in February was offset by larger upward revision in January’s data. US trade deficit surged for 2018 as a whole...
Australian Dollar Tumbles on Bet of RBA Rate Cuts after Dismal GDP
Australian Dollar tumbles broadly today as traders add to bet of RBA rate cuts after poor Q4 GDP. RBA Governor Philip Lowe basically maintained upbeat view on the outlook in a speech, but that was largely ignored. Sterling is also...
Sterling Suffers Fresh Selling on Irish Backstop Deadlock, Dollar Still Attempting to Rally
Sterling trades broadly lower today and suffers fresh selling in early US session. Some attributes the decline to reports that UK Attorney General Geoffrey Cox and Brexit Minister Stephen Barclay won’t get any breakthrough on Irish backstop in Brussels today....
Dollar Supported by Improving Yield Curve, Yet to Take Out Key Resistance
The financial markets are relatively quite in Asia today. Stocks turned mixed following the pull back in US overnight. But losses are limited while the resilient Chinese SSE is having slight gain. Chinese government lowered 2019 growth target to 6.0-6.5%,...
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