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Week Ahead by Crédit Agricole: NFP, RBA, FX Wars, GBP Squeeze, Sell AUD, NZD Rallies "The calm maybe deceiving and the bulls maybe heading to a ‘China’ shop. Indeed, potential disappointments from the China PMIs could well halt the risk bounce in its tracks. Apart from the RBA, which may sound extra dovish just to keep AUD from bouncing further, there will not be many central bank speeches to sooth market nerves further.""We remain ...
Bank of America Merrill Lynch: Draghi boosts sentiment "Risk assets should outperform over the next 6 weeks as markets realize they may have overreacted in December. Still, the risk is that too much focus on the next meeting may lead to possible disappointment once again and continued volatility." the source
Week Ahead by Crédit Agricole: FOMC, BoJ, RBNZ, Buy USD, Sell JPY & Commodity FX "Risk sentiment by the end of the week has stabilised, mainly in reaction to ECB President Draghi making a case of considering additional policy action as soon as March. Even if China-related growth uncertainty is likely to keep cross market volatilities high, further stabilising conditions cannot be excluded in the short-term. This is especially true as ...
ECB, BoC, China, Risk Off, USD Decouple "Further tightening of global financial conditions seems therefore inevitable, leaving risk-correlated and commodity currencies vulnerable while supporting safe haven currencies like JPY and EUR.""The GBP decoupling trade has imploded under the weight of Brexit fears and concerns about the USD decoupling trade are starting to mount.""We remain cautious on risk-correlated currencies and think ...
Forex Weekly Outlook January 4-8 2016 begins with a busy calendar: Canadian employment data, US PMIs, Trade Balance, FOMC Meeting Minutes and employment data culminating with the Non-Farm Payrolls. In addition, liquidity is set to return after the holiday season. These are the highlights opening 2016. Join us as we explore these market-movers. U.S. consumer confidence edged up to 96.5 from 92.6 in November, beating market forecasts. Current conditions improved from ...