Fixed Income Weekly Pulse, 25 May 2015

 Highlights of the week:

·         Strong housing data support the appreciation of US dollar index     

·         ECB official states that the bank will move forward some QE purchases as markets are less active from mid-July through August

·         Indonesia’s BB+ outlook changes to positive from stable by S&P 

·         Najib tabled the 11th Malaysia Plan 2016-2020 at the Parliament

·         It has been a rather quiet week for the local govvies