Taiwanese export orders continue to signal that global manufacturing conditions remain weak. Orders declined by -17.6% y/y in May – albeit not as bad as the -21.3% y/y drop anticipated. The product breakdown reveals that…
Japanese equities have been outperforming their global peers in recent months. Their 8.5% rally so far in Q2 exceeds the MSCI’s All Country World Index’s 5.6% gain over this period. Japan has not experienced the…
China is facing a risk of deflation. Marginal interest rate cuts and targeted stimulus will be insufficient to boost China’s growth given the current deflationary mindset and the danger is that the economy may be entering a liquidity…
In this Insight, we discuss the currency and bond market implications of last week’s ECB and Bank of Japan policy meetings. The conclusion: the ECB is on a path to an overly hawkish policy mistake, while the Bank of Japan’s dovish…
In this Insight, we discuss the currency and bond market implications of last week’s ECB and Bank of Japan policy meetings. The conclusion: the ECB is on a path to an overly hawkish policy mistake, while the Bank of Japan’s dovish…
Singapore’s exports have historically acted as a good gauge for the health of the global economy. As a small open economy that is extremely exposed to fluctuations in the Asian and global manufacturing cycles, Singapore…
The Japanese yen was the worst performing major currency on Friday. The weakness followed news that the BoJ kept its policy rate untouched at -0.1% – as widely expected – and did not make any changes to its yield…
This Strategy Insight discusses the bond market and currency implications of the Fed’s “hawkish pause”.
As the major central banks once again mull their policy options, they face a daunting task. They must phase-transition inflation back to imperceptible, without phase-transitioning unemployment to perceptible. This report explains why…