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By Gustavo Adler, Deputy Division Chief at IMF’s Research Department, Gita Gopinath, Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund, and Carolina Osorio Buitron, Economist in the Research Department of the IMF Faced with an unprecedent...
Overview While there are signs that Europe has reached a compromise on the grant/loan issue, the spillover into the markets is quite limited. China, with Shanghai's 3.1% gain, led a few markets in the Asia-Pacific region higher, including Japan and India. Most markets were lower, and Europe'...
Overview A recovery in US stocks yesterday, coupled with optimism over Moderna's ( MRNA ) vaccine, is providing new fodder for risk appetites today. Equities are being driven higher, and the dollar is under pressure. Most equity markets in Asia advanced. China and Taiwan were exceptions, and...
Overview: Turn around Tuesday began yesterday with a key reversal in the high-flying NASDAQ. It soared to new record highs before selling off and settling below the previous low. The S&P 500 saw new four-month highs and then sold-off and ended on its lows with a loss of nearly 1% on the ...
Overview: Equities began the week on a firm note in the Asia Pacific region. The Nikkei gained more than 2%, and the profit-taking seen in China ahead of the weekend was a one-day phenomenon. The Shanghai Composite rose 1.8%, and the Shenzhen Composite surged 3.5%. Taiwan and South Korea mar...
Overview The S&P 500's longest advance this year was stopped seemingly as concern that the flare-up in the virus will slow the recovery. The sell-off in airlines and hotels helped spur a broader bout of profit-taking. Most Asia-Pacific bourses advanced, led by the continued rally in Hong...
Overview: The S&P 500 rallied 1.6% yesterday to extend the streak to a fifth consecutive session, and the longest of the year and completed the negation of a bearish technical pattern. However, the main feature today is a wave of profit-taking on risk assets. Most equity markets moved lo...
Overview: A new daily high number of contagions globally has been reported, but the risk-appetites have been stoked. Chinese stocks have been on a tear. The Shanghai Composite rallied 5.7% today to bring the five-day advance to 13.6%. Most other regional markets, including Hong Kong, rallied...
Overview: The resurgence of the contagion in the US has stopped or reversed an estimated 40% of the re-openings, but the appetite for risk has begun the second half on a firm note, helped by manufacturing PMIs that were above preliminary estimates or better than expected. Except for Tokyo an...
Overview: The gains in US equities yesterday carried into Asia Pacific trading today, but the European investors did not get the memo. The Dow Jones Stoxx 600 is succumbing to selling pressure and giving back yesterday's gain. Energy and financials are the biggest drags, while real estate an...