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The China growth story to 2020
China dominated the markets in 2004, whether it was the impact of its insatiable demand on oil or... Read full article »
Saudi/Bahrain trade dispute intensifies
Saudi Arabia has threatened to impose unilateral tariffs on duty-free US goods that enter through... Read full article »
The Other Side of USD Weakness
The weakness in the US dollar has already sprung some surprises in 2005. Kuwait announced a... Read full article »
Economic Impact of Asian Tsunami Tragedy
The tsunami disaster that hit large parts of Asia is a massive humanitarian tragedy. Gerard Lyons... Read full article »
What drives the UAE's growth?
The UAE was one of the star performers of the Middle East in 2004. Like most of the region the... Read full article »
UK: Spend, Tax and Borrow
The Chancellor Gordon Brown delivered his Pre-Budget Report (PBR) to Parliament. Here we analyse... Read full article »
Indonesia: Growth and the 'Infrastructure Roadmap'
Indonesia's Q3 GDP growth was boosted by peaceful elections, low interest rates and a stable... Read full article »
Malaysia - Growth Seen Moderating, Currency Stronger
Malaysia is on track to record 7% real growth in 2004, despite a slowdown in Q3. Joseph Tan,... Read full article »
Oil prices ease but volatility ahead
WTI crude is down 16% from its highs as physical supplies improve and funds withdraw. However... Read full article »
Upside surprise to US payrolls not enough to save the dollar
October's US payrolls showed jobs being created at almost twice the rate expected. The release... Read full article »
FX implications of China's rate hike
Standard Chartered's FX team assesses the implications of China's first interest rate hike in 9... Read full article »
India: The Reserve Bank hikes Repo Rate by 25bps
The Reserve Bank of India surprised markets by hiking the Repo Rate by 25bps to 4.75%. Kishlaya... Read full article »
Aluminium: Fund-driven volatility
Recent price activity in base metals, driven largely by hedge funds, supports our view that the... Read full article »
What does the growing US trade deficit mean?
The currency markets punished the dollar after data showed the US Trade deficit rising to its... Read full article »
G7 meeting: FX, reform and oil: Mostly words, little action
The weekend G7 meeting proved largely to be a non event for the currency markets. The US dollar... Read full article »
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