Events to Look Out for Next Week
The BOE, RBA policy meetings and press conferences are the central bank highlights this week even though they are unlikely to offer up any surprises. But no one expected tapering…
Read More »US will urge its allies to increase pressure on China over Xinjiang at G7 meeting in June
US President Joe Biden will attend the G7 meeting in June in the UK. Its the China issue that is likely to be a focus come Monday FX markets. I…
Read More »China’s President Xi to address forum on global risks, China solutions
President Xi Jinping to speak at the Boao Forum on Asia today Speech will cover risks and challenges facing the world, what solutions China can offer
Read More »US Pres. Biden: Economy will create 19 million jobs is we pass infrastructure plan
“In the first two months of our administration, we have seen more jobs created than any in history,” US President Joe Biden said on Friday, as reporte
Read More »Events to Look Out for Next Week
Moving into the new week, trading has been choppy as a confluence of factors impact. Positioning and month-/quarter-end portfolio rebalancing may be the biggest influencers so far, while vaccine rollouts,…
Read More »China’s President Xi has a 5 year timeline to annex Taiwan
So says Wu Qiang, a former politics lecturer at Beijing’s Tsinghua University. Its in this article at RFA: The piece is from last week, posting as an ICYMI (as I…
Read More »Pelosi says passage of Biden’s $1.9tln package could be Wednesday, not Tuesday
President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill is expected to be easily approved in the US House of Representatives, Just a heads up though, Speaker Pelosi says that approval from…
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Fundamentals came back into focus during February as rising rates and fresh uncertainties over the virus weighed on risk appetite. Vaccinations were on the rise, but the increasing tension between…
Read More »US briefing – Where do we stand?
Japanese, South Korean and Chinese markets were closed today, with the latter commencing the week-long lunar new year holiday. Singapore will be off tomorrow, and the lunar new year holiday…
Read More »Mexico’s president says he’s infected with covid-19
Mexico’s president says he’s infected with covid-19. More to come…
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