China Payment Survey 2020
June 8, 2020
In the context of weaker activity in China due to the health crisis, Coface’s latest survey on business payments in China shows a deterioration in payment behaviour in 2019.
Following the historic fall of the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures price for May delivery into negative territory, going as low as negative US$37.6 per barrel
The "Made in Russia" strategy
October 7, 2019
Faced with fluctuations in hydrocarbon prices and economic sanctions from Western countries, Russia has developed a strategy that favours “Made in Russia” – but the results have remained mixed.
Notes from the Trading Desk – Europe
September 11, 2019
It was a strong start to September for global equities as trade optimism and hope for central bank stimulus led to risk-on rotation. Italy’s equity market was the clear outperformer in Europe amid some
The pummelled pound is going to continue to be battered either way in the short to medium-term under Boris Johnson or Jeremy Corbyn, says the CEO of one of the world’s leading
Postcards from China
July 30, 2019
Rising trade disputes and U.S.-China strategic tensions are increasingly weighing on global risk assets. How are the frictions playing out on the ground in China?
The dovish wave grows
July 25, 2019
Standard Chartered introduced this theme – slowing growth, lower-than-expected inflation and rising downside risks causing central banks to turn increasingly accommodative – in its
Trump's Mexican tariffs may force Fed's hand
June 6, 2019
Interest rate expectations have moved significantly over the past week following Trump’s tweet that he was putting tariffs on Mexico. The market is now pricing in nearly three rate
