Bonds
Credit Bank of Moscow inks new $500m syndicated loan with 12 global lenders
Credit Bank of Moscow tapped global capital markets successfully again this week, clinching an international syndicated loan for the third year in a row, cementing its leading position in the region's syndicated lending market in the process.
US non-farm payrolls rise by 196,000 in March, earnings fall short
US job growth returned to trend last month as some of the erratic factors that depressed the previous month's reading washed out of the data, but the latest wage data fell short of forecasts.
Bonds: Fed officials push back on rate cut speculation
These were the movements in some of the most widely-followed 10-year sovereign bond yields:.
US services sector activity slows more quickly-than-expected in March, ISM says
Economic activity in the States slowed more quickly-than-expected outside of manufacturing last month, as growth in levels of output and new orders fell back, but a gauge of employment continued to point to a monthly pace of non-farm payrolls growth of roughly 200,000, according to economists.
Sharp drop in US durable goods orders for February points to sluggish investment
US durable goods orders fell more sharply than expected last month, amid a big decline in those for aircraft and parts.
RBA stays put on rates but says downside risks have increased
Rate-setters Down Under stayed put on interest rates on Tuesday, as expected, but markets appeared to interpret the policy statement from Reserve Bank of Australia' Governor, Philip Lowe, dovishly.
Downside surprise in euro area March CPI
Euro area consumer prices surprised to the downside last month amid broad-based declines, although some economists were expecting inflation to bounce back during the following month.
German manufacturing slips deeper into recession, PMI at 80-month low
Germany’s manufacturing industry slipped deeper into recession in the first quarter of 2018 as worries about Brexit, trade tensions and the weakening global economy hit sales.
Bonds: Strong China manufacturing PMI sees risk appetite pick up
These were the movements in some of the most closely-followed 10-year sovereign bond yields:.