Party rooms, that could reopen after may 28. A mix of good news there. We have some good news in the markets as well. We are seeing more reopening of economies. It seems like you cant really fight the fed at this point. We are seeing a second day of gains in the region. Jakarta coming back from that holiday. We are seeing again of. 5 . Also, india reopened today as well. Things are looking better. Lets see what else we are watching out for. Singapore is in focus. The outlook is not looking so good. The governor is slashing the to 7 . From 4 the hang seng as well, look at that, we are close to 400 points higher today. We are talking about the valuations and the steepest discount into decades. You have seen some depth buying dip buying happening. Take a look, currencies are looking a little quiet given the fact that the u. K. Saw thin trading with the london closing yesterday. See a liquidity injection from the pboc after a hiatus of 70 something days. When it comes to the sing this a we
Bad session like we saw in the u. S. , snapping out of gains. New york futures are slightly higher. The dollar is stronger. We saw quite a bit of steepening in the Treasury Curve. Youre seeing the threeyear at around 24 basis points. We did see the spike in yields, slightly off that now in the Asian Session after the treasury unexpectedly announced that refounding announcement. Boosting that issuance on the long end of the 10 year and 20 year with the auction so markets are bracing for that surge in supplies. Were also watching currencies, remedy still very much in focus here today. The message the last couple of days has been calm down, we have slightly stronger fixings here. Were seeing the renminbi slightly down. We are continuing the rally of brent crude, slightly higher by half of one percent, just below 30 bucks for brent. Looking ahead to the data now. China set to rae release trade figures later today. Exports likely dropped 11 from a year earlier compared with a 6 decline in m
Around 250,000. The u. S. Planes china. Blames china. Warren buffett bails out of u. S. Aviation. He says the coronavirus has changed the Airline Industry forever. Shery breaking news out of south korea, getting Consumer Price inflations. It is an deflation territory. This is now a contraction of 0. 6 . This is a bigger decelerations when itt was expected. Comes to the year on year figure, a little bit better, still accelerating, 0. 1 . Suffice it to say there is a lot of pressure on Consumer Prices and we have had social distancing measures continue to dampen command demand. You strip out a little bit of energyactors including factors, cpi still accelerating 0. 3 but missing expectations. This would lead to more pressure on the bank of korea to do more. Bloomberg economics expecting a 28e cut as soon as the may meeting and further measures to bolster liquidity. Look at how markets are trading, seeing Downside Pressure for kiwi stocks falling more than 1 , the lowest level in more than
Prices. A new study warns japan is facing a double digit contraction in the coming months as the coronavirus pandemic slows the economy further. Shery lets get you started with a quick check on how markets are trading. We are seeing key restocks gaining ground for a third consecutive session. We have seen the rbnz come out and say it is open to increasing the size and scope of its program. We are seeing further upside in trading. Nikkei to futures up. 2 . U. S. Futures under a little bit of pleasure but this of course after closing at the highest level in a month and also entering a bull market. Up more than 20 over its recent low. Wti also gaining ground, up more than 4 above that 26 a barrel level. We have seen a little bit of fluctuation in the oil market. We are headed to the opecplus meeting on thursday. President trump says there are of to slow the spread there are signs that the virus effort is having an impact. In his daily coronavirus briefing, he lashed out against the World
Selling but the glut looms over the market. The politics of the pandemic. The u. S. And china continue to trade barbs over their handling of the crisis. Washington says the world has been let down. Breaking news out of south korea. We are getting First Quarter gdp numbers quarter on quarter, seeing the biggest drop since 2008. Young talking about a contraction of 1. 4 . It is still a little bit better than expected. The expectation was a contraction of 1. 5 but it will still be the First Quarter on quarter retraction since 2009. The year on year number rising 1. 3 , is also bigger increase and was expected. It was expected it would only gain 1 . It is also growing this rise of 1. 3 year on year coming after growing more than 2 in the past two quarters, so it is still a slowdown from the previous quarter. We are seeing manufacturing taking a big hit, a contraction of 1. 8 for the Fourth Quarter and also contraction from the previous quarter. We are seeing the hit on retail trade, accomm