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Flash: Indian crisis could worsen - Saxo Bank

FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - The conditions in India are set for a worsening of the confidence crisis, notes John Hardy, Saxo Bank's Head of FX Strategy. As noted by Hardy, the huge fiscal and trade deficit may lead the county to raise interest rates, which could result in a deeper recession. The main reason for the outflow of capital in countries like India says "it's part of a flow cycle that has been exacerbated by concern about the US Federal Reserve ending its bond buying programme." Hardy believes there are no quick fixes for India, which requires to take a 'tough medicine' which will likely lead to further economic headwinds.

Japan: Wider support for sales tax hikes, Yen negative

There appears to be further evidence that the planned tax hikes in Japan will gain a majority, notes Yujiro Goto, FX Strategist at Nomura, who outlines the satisfactory pro-hike feedback shared by most participants on the consumption tax panel held yesterday.
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EUR/USD rallied on Syrian news and bad US data, but still vulnerable

The EUR/USD bottomed out Wednesday just before US home sales data at 1.3304 and is now hovering below “correction resistance” at 1.3351.
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