Opinion

By Jeffrey Halley, Senior Market Analyst, Asia Pacific, OANDA, With the use of the remaining 2020 carry-over leave week off complete, it appears that in my absence, the more things...

By Vishnu Varathan, Head, Economics & Strategy, Asia & Oceania Treasury Department, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Week-in-brief: Taylor Troubles? Buoyant markets suggest that US jobs numbers were in a sweet spot. The...

By Vishnu Varathan, Head, Economics & Strategy, Asia & Oceania Treasury Department, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Seeing is Believing "Well now that we have seen each other," said the unicorn, "if...

By Vishnu Varathan, Head, Economics & Strategy, Asia & Oceania Treasury Department, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., The Time-State Divide The RBA, with its dovish flourishes, was a setback for AUD bulls;...

By Vishnu Varathan, Head, Economics & Strategy, Asia & Oceania Treasury Department, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Soft USD & Hard Markets Admittedly, UK and US holidays warrant discounting market moves. But...

By Vishnu Varathan, Head, Economics & Strategy, Asia & Oceania Treasury Department, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Week-in-brief: Sell in May? Meh ... Except for the 1.5% drop on Nasdaq , there is...

By Jeffrey Halley, Senior Market Analyst, Asia Pacific, OANDA, President Biden's Preliminary Budget is envisaging a $1.8 trillion deficit next year, after tax rises. Of course, what the President would...

By Vishnu Varathan, Head, Economics & Strategy, Asia & Oceania Treasury Department, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., BoE: Bark or Bite? Further evidence of tightening US job markets, Biden dangling the $6 trillion...

By Jeffrey Halley, Senior Market Analyst, Asia Pacific, OANDA, Some of the week's froth has come out of the markets in Asia today, with equities edging lower, along with energy...

By Vishnu Varathan, Head, Economics & Strategy, Asia & Oceania Treasury Department, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Framing & Bias Despite both the Fed and ECB implicitly acknowledging "taper" in the foreseeable...