China and Hong Kong benchmark stock indices have almost erased last week’s gains. NBS Non-Manufacturing PMI sub-components for January are indicating feeble service activities...

Short-term positive animal spirits have resurfaced in China and Hong Kong stock markets stoked by additional liquidity injection from PBoC and the creation...

China’s credit impulse has remained on a slow upward trajectory since July 2023. Key China’s central bank (PBoC) official has signalled a further accommodating...

Short-term technical analysis suggests a potential countertrend rebound with intermediate resistance at 16,890. China’s top policymakers’ reluctance to focus on making domestic demand revival...

November NBS Manufacturing & Non-Manufacturing PMIs for China came in weaker than expected. Recurring risk of the deflationary spiral in China has led to...

The latest set of lacklustre US non-farm payrolls and ISM Services PMI data for October has reinforced further US dollar weakness. The narrowing of...

OANDA Senior Market Analyst Kelvin Wong joins Jonny Hart to discuss the current state of China’s economy in the light of positive performance...

US The main event for next week will be the Kansas City Fed’s Jackson Hole Symposium.  Fed Chair Powell’s speech will reiterate that more...

Yesterday’s daily “Shooting Star” candlestick coupled with today’s long-body daily bearish candle increases the odds of a bearish breakdown below the 50-day moving...

Bank of Japan maintained its ultra-loose monetary policy but issued a lukewarm hawkish statement to introduce a “flexible” Yield Curve Control programme on...

Russia’s weekend mutiny cast doubts on Putin’s grip on power. No major impact on markets but keep a lookout on Gold, which bounced off...

USD/CNH (offshore yuan) has surged to a 6-month high of 7.08. Since late Oct 2022, the movement of USD/CNH has had a high degree...