Bonds and Equities Trade Heavy in Slow Start to the Week

GBPJPY’s massive sell-off continues, reaches 3-month low Short-term risk bearish but oversold conditions detected BoE policy announcement might influence GBP at 11:30 GMT GBPJPY suffered another bold attack this week, giving back 8% of its value since its peak at a 16-year high of 208.09 on July 11. With downside pressures intensifying below the 200-day […]

EUR/USD: Inflation Persists, US GDP Growth Slows The US economy remains the most powerful on the planet. Moreover, its share of global GDP has reached a nearly two-decade high of 26.3%. According to the IMF, from 2018, the European Union’s share decreased by 1.4%, Japan’s by 2.1%, while the United States increased by 2.3%. China’s […]

Markets Core bonds started the year on the backfoot, extending the U-turn which started in the final trading week of the year following an astonishing December rally. German yields rose by 4.4 bps (10-yr) to 5.5 bps (2-yr) while US yields added 4.3 bps (30-yr) to 7.9 bps (3-yr). From a technical point of view, […]