UK finance minister, Rishi Sunak, comments on the jobs report earlier Well, the jobs report doesn't really tell us much of anything new. Jobless claim ...read more

Posted on: Tue, Aug 11, 2020 6:43 AM

Recovery from India and China's markets   The demand for gold from India has risen by around 25% y/y on July and almost double from June's levels ...read more

Posted on: Tue, Aug 11, 2020 6:26 AM

Risk-on vibes observed in early trades Positive tones as we look to get the session underway and that is helping to keep the likes of the aussie and k ...read more

Posted on: Tue, Aug 11, 2020 6:10 AM

Asian equities rise following Wall Street gains overnight Japanese stocks returned from the holiday break with solid gains, as Asian equities follow t ...read more

Posted on: Tue, Aug 11, 2020 6:02 AM

Latest data released by ONS - 11 August 2020 Slight delay in the release by the source. It is tough to really make sense of the figures here consideri ...read more

Posted on: Tue, Aug 11, 2020 6:00 AM

Daily thread to exchange ideas and to share your thoughts That is feeding to more optimism among Asian equities today as the market continue ...read more

Posted on: Tue, Aug 11, 2020 5:32 AM

Latest data released by the Japanese Cabinet Office - 11 August 2020 The positive takeaway is that service sector and economic sentiment improved furt ...read more

Posted on: Tue, Aug 11, 2020 5:09 AM

SCMP reports on the matter The report cites a draft US government notice, as to saying that goods made in Hong Kong for export to the US will have to ...read more

Posted on: Tue, Aug 11, 2020 4:47 AM

UK jobs data on the agenda today The market is keeping more cheerful after some mixed tones early yesterday, before US stocks turned things around to ...read more

Posted on: Tue, Aug 11, 2020 4:23 AM

The number of active cases in the country approaches 10,000 again As of yesterday, RKI estimates the 4-day virus reproduction rate to be 1.09 while th ...read more

Posted on: Tue, Aug 11, 2020 4:05 AM

Via ANZ surveying, spending in Victoria fell 12% y/y for the week to 8 August - This is the lowest result for the state since 5 May - For Melbourne th ...read more

Posted on: Tue, Aug 11, 2020 3:49 AM

Not confirmed its the COVID-19 but its high on the list of suspects NZ media: - Christchurch retirement village - lockdown after a number of residents ...read more

Posted on: Tue, Aug 11, 2020 3:16 AM

Moody's and Fitch both say triple AAA status not under threat  Financial Times with the article, the gist of which is: - EU's plan to issue &#836 ...read more

Posted on: Tue, Aug 11, 2020 3:10 AM

Forex news for Asia trading Tuesday 11 August 2020  AUD and NZD gained against the US dollar today, each adding on around 20+ ppints over the ...read more

Posted on: Tue, Aug 11, 2020 2:57 AM

There was plenty of news of this on Monday and its continuing again today. - one person is reported dead so far - people in cars are running down poli ...read more

Posted on: Tue, Aug 11, 2020 2:08 AM

Comments on the Australian dollar via TD: ...read more

Posted on: Tue, Aug 11, 2020 1:57 AM

National Australia Bank Business survey for July 2020 - I did a double-take on that (lack of) confidence result  The NAB survey was taken prior t ...read more

Posted on: Tue, Aug 11, 2020 1:30 AM

Related to this yesterday:  Jimmy Lai is also a leading pro-democracy advocate. He has been arrested under the new National Security Law. In that ...read more

Posted on: Tue, Aug 11, 2020 1:11 AM

UBS on the euro against the GBP (in brief): - We expect the multi-year sideways trend of EURGBP in a 0.85-0.90 range to continue. Spikes above 0.90 so ...read more

Posted on: Tue, Aug 11, 2020 1:03 AM

And USD/JPY popping higher also Through 106 to highs circa 106.13 as I update. Major FX a little lower against the USD almost across the board. ...read more

Posted on: Tue, Aug 11, 2020 12:24 AM

The highest number in  NSW in this 2nd wave. An order of magnitude below the numbers in the state of Victoria, but still not a good sign. - 4 cas ...read more

Posted on: Tue, Aug 11, 2020 12:19 AM

Data from the Bank of Japan for bank lending in the July 2020 BOJ official says: ...read more

Posted on: Tue, Aug 11, 2020 12:11 AM

Note that -42.9% is annualised, the economy DID NOT shrink by nearly half in Q2. Still, an ugly, ugly number. For the y/y,  - down 13.2% A S ...read more

Posted on: Tue, Aug 11, 2020 12:01 AM

There will be some consolation that the first 10 days of this month included 4 weekend days But, the headline is ugly: - exports down 23.6% y/y - impo ...read more

Posted on: Mon, Aug 10, 2020 11:58 PM

Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner says the border will remain closed for at least 18 months from today.  (via local press reports) ...read more

Posted on: Mon, Aug 10, 2020 11:42 PM