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Europe's Banking Union Begins Taking Shape

January 04, 2016
The knock-on effects of the meltdown in Chinese shares and the tension among major Middle East rivals are dominating the re-opening of the global capital markets after the New Year holiday.  The US dollar has recouped its earlier losses against the euro, sterling and the Swiss franc, and remains broadly higher against the Antipodean currencies.  
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Emerging Markets: Week Ahead Preview

January 04, 2016
(from my colleague Dr. Win Thin)
Meet the new year - same as the old year.  EM starts 2016 on a weak footing, with negative sentiment carrying over from 2015.  The global backdrop remains poor, with the Fed likely to continue its tightening cycle with another hike in March.  Commodity prices remain near the lows, while China data suggests that the…
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Dramatic Start to the New Year

January 04, 2016
The markets are in turmoil.   Global equity markets are sharply lower, dragging bond yields down.  The risk-off move has propelled the yen sharply higher.  Its 1.4% advance has seen the dollar slump to JPY118.70, its lowest level since-mid-October.  
The dollar is also weaker against the euro (~0.65%) and sterling (~0.25%).  However, the dollar-blo…
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Dollar: State of Play

January 03, 2016
The start of a new calendar year does not necessarily mean the rise of new market drivers.  In fact, the key issues investors face at the start of 2016 are the same that dominated Q4 2015.  
These issues center around pace of Fed tightening, the outlook for the world's second largest economy and its markets, the impact from the drop in oil pric…
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The Dollar's Technical Tone at the Start of the New Year

January 02, 2016
The US dollar firmed against nearly all the major currencies in the last week of 2015. The exceptions were the Antipodean currencies and the Japanese yen. The relatively high short-term yields offered Australia, and New Zealand may have attracted some hot flows looking park over the turn.  The yen's gains were all scored on New Year's Eve …
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