Fixed Income Weekly Pulse, 27 October 2014

 Highlights of the week:

•                    Financial market volatility remains the key focus  

•                    Euro area bonds are given a lift on the back of the ECB headlines with a discussion of buying corporate bonds 

•                    Japanese PM Abe say that Abenomics is a ‘work in progress'

•                    China’s 3Q GDP came in better-than-expected

•                    In Malaysia, MIER report a drop in both BCI and CSI

•                    A sluggish start of the week for local govvies due to public holiday and players take a ‘wait and see’ strategy