TAG: China deflation

Currency war and geopolitical risk are deadly concoctions for risk assets

The odds have inched higher for a currency war scenario where the Chinese yuan may be weakened further to drive export growth due to its latest decelerating growth trend in China’s retail sales and persistent weak housing prices. Export-oriented countrie...

6 months ago

Market Insights Podcast – BOE, RBA, China trade and inflation data on the radar for this week

OANDA Senior Market Analyst Kelvin Wong joins Jonny Hart to discuss this week’s key economic data and events. Firstly, two central banks’ monetary policy to ponder on ex-post “not so hawkish” FOMC last week engineered by Fed Chair Powell’s press conferenc...

5 months ago

AUD/USD: Under downside pressure from China’s weak inflation

China’s latest set of inflationary data for September increases the risk of a deflationary spiral being entrenched. China policymakers continued to use rhetoric to push out new fiscal stimulus policies but lacked details in terms of the amount and scope...

1 day ago