May 17, 2012 -- Updated February 20, 2012 04:05 HKT
Rates & Bonds
US Treasuries fall for 3rd day running
US Treasuries fall for 3rd day running 10-Yr: -17/32..2.036%.. USD-JPY: 81.10.. EUR-USD: 1.3306 US Treasuries saw a 3rd consecutive day of losses despite most of the data falling short of estimates. The complex fell to its worst levels of the session as headlines crossed from US Fed Chairman Bernanke suggesting ‘at some [...]
G-20 All Talk No Action
Mexico’s Finance Minister Jose Antonio Meade said Friday the world needs Group of 20′s strong leadership, more decisive and timely response to the challenges the global economy currently faces. “The G-20 stands at the heart of the most critical economic challenges facing the World today,” said Mr. Meade at a seminar of the Institute of [...]
China May Cut Rates
China’s central bank may cut the interest rate in the 2nd and 3rd Q’s this year, as the economies in the EU and US slow down further while domestic inflation pressure gradually eases, economists said Saturday. According to research co-sponsored by Xiamen University and the National University of Singapore, China’s monetary policy is very likely [...]
The Long Bond Leads Market
The US Long Bond out performed Friday 10-Yr: +05/32..1.980%.. USD-JPY: 80.93.. EUR-USD: 1.3464 The Long Bond Leads: US Treasuries saw heavy selling at the beginning of the week as the announcement of an agreement on the Greek rescue package caused a rotation into riskier assets. And US Treasuries gained over the rest of the week [...]
US fixed mortgage rates rise
US fixed mortgage rates rise from historic lows US fixed mortgage rates this week increased from the previous week’s record lows as the housing market continued to improve, said the Primary Mortgage Market Survey released Thursday by Freddie Mac. The mortgage giant said that 30-yr fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) was 3.95% for the week ending 23 [...]
South Korea Economic Report
South Korea’s consumer confidence rebounds in February South Korea’s consumer confidence rebounded in February as positive economic indicators in the United States boosted hopes for the global economic recovery, the central bank said Friday. Consumer sentiment index (CSI), which gauges consumers’ overall economic outlook, stood at 100 in February, up 2 pts from a month [...]
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New Zealand Dollar Fundamentals and Economic Update
New Zealand economy weathering twin shocks The governor of New Zealand’s central bank said Friday the Country’s economy and financial system are both capable of weathering the twin shocks of the European sovereign debt crisis and the ongoing earthquakes in the South Island’s Canterbury region. Last year saw “two bad jolts” hitting the New Zealand [...]
AUD Update, Retail Sales Data and the Australian Dollar
Australia’s retail sales rise again in January Retail sales in Australia continued to rise in January, driven by sales growth in clothing stores and by mail order/telephone order providers, according to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) Business Sales Indicator (BSI) report released on Monday. The bank’s January BSI report showed a 0.6% rise in [...]
Geithner on Greece
US Treasury Secretary supports Greek reform package US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner Sunday threw US support behind the latest Greek economic reform package and said the United States would encourage the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to back this agreement. “We welcome the program of economic reforms agreed to by the Prime Minister of Greece and [...]
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