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On July 5, Deputy Prime Minister Aso explicitly went further than Washington and pledged Japan would come to the aid of Taiwan if it were invaded by China. A week later, Japan's annual security review was published, noting for the first time that stability around Taiwan was a signific...

Vietnam and the US agreed to avoid trade sanctions, though the heavy lifting had already been done. As widely expected, China left its Loan Prime Rate steady at 3.85% for the one-year and 4.65% for the five-year. The dollar fell to two-month lows against the yen yesterday, slightl...

Concerns that the Delta mutation will slow or even reverse the recovery efforts appear to be sapping risk-taking appetites. The surge of the Delta virus and reports of a "Delta plus" mutation gaining ground is emerging as a powerful economic and political factor. The dollar rides ...

The dollar recovered from about JPY109.70 to slightly above JPY110.20 but has lost momentum in the European morning. A combination of strong CPI and labor market reports and comments from two BOE officials have seen the market re-think the outlook for UK monetary policy. The US De...

When the markets goes on the make a new high and all economically sensitive sectors such as these do not confirm the new high, it is a clear signal the new highs are not being supported by economic fundamentals. We are seeing significant bearish divergences in almost all measures of b...

The Asia-Pacific region experienced a recession in 2020 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Asia-Pacific GDP contracting by an estimated 1.1%. During the second half of 2020, many Asia-Pacific economies had shown a significant recovery in economic momentum. However, recovery mome...

Strong inflation prints this week have not prevented the long-term US interest rates from tumbling. A possible deal in OPEC saw a sharp drop in crude oil prices, and there is some follow-through selling today. The pullback in US yields appears to be the main driver of the Japanese...

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand jumped to the front of the queue of central banks adjusting monetary policy by announcing the end of its long-term asset purchases. The US sanctions on China's largest chipmaker and the largest chip buyer have added another dimension to what appears to ...

New record highs in the US S&P 500 and NASDAQ coupled with China allowing Tencent to acquire a search engine helped lift Asia Pacific equities. Gold is holding above $1800 for the first session since June 16. The US reports June CPI figures today. It could be the first slippag...

Australia’s gross domestic product grew by 1.8% in the first quarter of 2021 and 1.1% compared with the same period last year. In Australian dollar terms, the RBA Index of Commodity Prices has risen by more than 30% since July 2020, and in monthly terms are at their second high...