Switzerland's economic outlook is set to remain gloomy for the rest of this year, the KOF Swiss Economic Institute said on Monday, as it leading indicator dropped for a second straight month to reach its lowest level since 2015. more...
Week Ahead: Will Divergence FX Trade Stage A Comeback Into FOMC & BoJ? "We think that investors will revisit the topic of policy divergence ahead of the April FOMC meeting. Despite recently disappointing activity data, we expect the policy statement to present a more balanced outlook for the economy and inflation than in March, supported by the recent recovery in commodity prices and the improvement in global financial conditions. To ...
'We remain of the view that a solution can be found in order to give Greece access to funds to repay the IMF next Tuesday. The EUR, however, is unlikely to face any material upside in an environment of strongly capped ECB monetary policy expectations. If this is confirmed over the weekend, we suspect that USD could emerge as the biggest beneficiary and expect it to extend its gains against a broad range of G10 currencies. While a relief bounce in EUR cannot be excluded, we doubt that it will ...