BCA Research’s Emerging Markets Strategy service concludes that the Czech koruna will outperform the Hungarian forint. Conditions for central bank rate hike cycles are in place in Hungary and the Czech Republic. Yet…
Highlights Political and corporate climate activism will increase the cost of developing the resources required to produce and deliver energy going forward – e.g., oil and gas wells; pipelines; copper mines, and refineries. Over…
President Erdogan is once again injecting himself into the Turkish monetary policy. In an interview on Tuesday, the president stated “it’s an imperative that we lower interest rates. For that, we will reach July and…
The PBoC announced on Monday that it will raise the reserve requirement ratio rate for FX deposits at financial institutions –the first FX deposit RRR rate hike in 14 years – effective on June 15. The RMB fell by a…
Total Social Financing, a broad measure of Chinese credit growth, has slowed from its peak last October. The current pace of credit growth is broadly in line with nominal GDP growth. The authorities have made it clear that they…
On Monday, the PBoC raised the reserve requirement ratio for Chinese banks’ foreign exchange deposits to 7% from 5% beginning June 15. The change aims to reduce foreign currency liquidity and in the process curb the CNY…
Since mid-February, emerging market equities have consistently underperformed their developed market peers. According to MSCI indices, the relative performance in common currency terms is heading towards last May’s lows.…