The resumption of risk appetite at the end of last week has failed to spill over into early morning Asian trade with mixed sentiment caused by softer Chinese retail sales and industrial production figures. Partially offsetting this increase in annual...

The threat of tightening credit and price caps in China have dampened demand for industrial metals into the weekend. After initially jumping on the higher than anticipated inflation numbers, the USD has paused its bull-run to some degree. However, wi...

Mining output is stronger than expected and should make a decent contribution to Q1 GDP. Largest contribution comes from PGMs but also iron, manganese and gold.

Wall Street took a pounding yesterday, and while futures this morning point to a modest bounce, the outlook is more troubled given the jump in inflation that has prompted speculation that the Federal Reserve may have to unwind some of its stimulus ef...

M/M drop in March driven by slowing portfolio inflows into money market instruments, loans. March saw strong inflow of USD 111mn into local bonds. Global uncertainty and Nigeria's vulnerability to external shocks have kept foreign investors away sinc...