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The US dollar has strengthened after the Fed began tightening, pushing the dollar index back above 100.00 for the first time since early August, with 101.80 as next resistance. The move is supported by a roughly 55bp rise in the 2-year Treasury yield since…
Natixis sees Asian growth bifurcating: China softens and drags exposed sectors, while North Asia, India and parts of ASEAN accelerate. Exports are China's key engine on a competitive real exchange rate, but ageing cuts its growth to around 1% by 2050. Japan's…
The yen weakened sharply after the BoJ's September policy update, with USD/JPY hitting 158.05, before rebounding toward 157.00 after reports the BoJ conducted a rate check. MUFG reads this as a signal of limited tolerance for renewed yen weakness near 160.00.…
Westpac argues Asian growth forecasts have been revised higher, yet regional currencies have largely failed to reflect these fundamentals. Capital allocation decisions increasingly offset trade strength. India's FCNR(B) scheme attracted US$127.2bn in…
AI disruption fears look premature in India and the Philippines, per ING. India's software and business services exports are ~8.5% of GDP versus a 0.5% current account deficit; Philippine telecom and business services exports are ~7% of GDP against a 3.5%…
Citi's Supply Chain Financing report finds global trade durable through 2025 tariff shocks. Payment flows stayed strong; shipping normalized. From 2019-2024, North & East Asia exports shifted to emerging markets (Latin America +59%, Middle East & Africa +52%,…
US equities fell as tech slid on AI safety comments, with the S&P 500 down 0.5% and Nasdaq 0.6%. The US 10Y yield briefly breached 5% for the first time since October 2023, with markets pricing about a 90% probability of a 25bp Fed hike. Middle East tensions…
Macquarie Asset Management has deployed over US$4bn in India across two decades and, after a 2018-2022 period of managing existing assets rather than fresh deployment, says it is time to invest again. The firm will keep roads and renewables as core focus…
A potentially historic El Niño is developing against a fragile global backdrop. NOAA assigns a greater than 90% probability it reaches 'very strong' levels between October and December 2026, and a 69% probability it becomes a historic event. The bigger risk…
MUFG keeps a constructive ringgit view despite higher oil prices and rising subsidy costs. Malaysia's electronics trade surplus offsets the larger oil import bill, inflation near 1.8% and anchored expectations let Bank Negara hold at 2.75%, and returning…
The US dollar has strengthened only modestly ahead of this week's FOMC meeting, with the dollar index up 0.3% and back above its 200-day moving average near 99.150. Markets now price 22bps of hikes, up from 15bps a week ago, after August core CPI rose 0.3%…
US core CPI rose 0.3% MoM, lifting market-implied odds of a 25bp Fed hike above 85% to a 3.75-4% band. UMich 1-year inflation expectations jumped to 4.6%. The 10-year UST yield reached 4.96-4.97%, near a three-year high; the S&P 500 gained 0.9% Friday but…
The 18th BRICS summit in New Delhi produced a unanimous declaration on September 12, 2026, but the significant development was a Modi-Xi bilateral meeting, the first Chinese visit to India since 2019, where both agreed differences should not become disputes.…
OCBC now expects a 25bp Fed hike at the September FOMC to a 3.75-4.00% target range, after US headline CPI held at 3.4% YoY with core easing to 2.4% and gasoline contributing 0.14pp. The ECB delivered its second 2026 hike, lifting the deposit rate to 2.50%.…
ING expects the Bank of Japan to raise its policy rate by 25bp to 1.25% on Friday, with two more hikes to 1.75% by April 2027. Taiwan's CBC decision is a coin flip between a 12.5bp hike and a hold. China's August activity data should show industrial…
US producer inflation accelerated to 5.4% YoY in August and energy prices jumped, with Brent up over 6% near USD108 on Strait of Hormuz tensions. Markets price a roughly 70% probability of a 25bp Fed hike at the 15-16 September meeting. The ECB raised its…
MUFG's FX Daily Snapshot argues the September 11 US CPI report is pivotal for Fed hike expectations and the dollar. Stronger PPI has lifted implied hikes to 18bp ahead of the FOMC, up from 13bp. An in-line or stronger 0.2% m/m CPI reading would sustain hike…
MUFG expects the September FOMC and BOJ meetings to reinforce a more differentiated Asia FX environment amid Brent above $100/bbl. With the Fed on hold and elevated US yields, a 25bps BOJ hike would tighten global liquidity and risk unwinding yen-funded carry…
Escalating Middle East tensions dominated markets: the US military destroyed five Iranian tankers and Iran retaliated against a US-used base in Jordan. Brent crude rose 3.4% to USD101.21/bbl and WTI gained 3.2% to USD96.05/bbl. US equities fell for a third…
The ECB raised the deposit rate 25bp to 2.50%, the upper end of its neutral estimate, with hawkish projection revisions and forcefuller warnings that Middle East conflict energy inflation is intensifying, making the adverse scenario (oil ~USD 100/bbl, gas…