Fixed Income Weekly Pulse, 02 Nov 2015

 Highlights of the week:

·         US dollar picks up steam after the FOMC left the door ajar with a more hawkish tone

·         European Central Bank (ECB) hints an extension of its quantitative easing program by the end of this year

·         BoJ leave asset purchase program unchanged

·         RM weakens on the back of high credit risk premium and the plunge in local equity 

·         Local govvies edge higher tracing the movement of US Treasury yield