FW: RHB FIC Rates & FX Markets Monthly Review - 2/11/17

 

 

 

2 November 2017

 

 

Rates & FX Markets Monthly Review

 

 

Fed's Succession Plans, Tax Reform Chatters Drove Market Volatility

 

Highlights

 

¨   US & UK: Fed's succession and tax reforms drove US markets.

¨   Eurozone: A dovish tapering.

¨   Japan & Australia: PM Abe's coalition retained a two-third majority.

¨   China & Singapore: Stable Chinese markets amid the CPC; MAS kept its SGD NEER policy unchanged.

¨   Thailand, Malaysia & Indonesia: Foreign investors sold Thai bonds for the first time this year in October; Malaysian 2018 budget remains committed towards tightening the fiscal gap.

 

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