Friday, May 15, 2015

RHB FIC Rates & FX Monthly Review - 15/5/15



15 May 2015


Monthly Review – April 2015

DM Govies Broadly Underperformed; MYR Stronger on Oil Price Rebound; ThaiGBs & CGBs Outperformed on Dovish Central Banks

Highlights
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¨    US & UK: UST curve steepened towards the end of April on improving jobs data; Gilts underperformed on election outcome uncertainty.
¨    Eurozone: Cautious tone clouded m-o-m outperformance in EGBs despite the ongoing ECB PSPP
¨    Japan & Australia: BoJ’s CPI downward forecast revision reinforced the case for further easing; ACGBs tracked USTs upward shifts
¨    AxJ: Asian maintained easing policy stance; ThaiGBs and CGB rallied on further monetary policy accommodation

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