Global Financial Markets

Financial Markets: Data & Forecasts

BMI provides a wealth of data relevant to the forex, commodities and fixed income asset classes. Our market analysts produce short-term targets for over 40 emerging currencies against the US dollar, Euro and Yen, and annual forex forecasts for 153 states against the US dollar, Yen, Euro, Yuan and Swiss Franc. We also forecast benchmark oil prices and all major metals, softs and grains – including gold, copper, aluminium, nickel, tin, lead, zinc, corn, wheat, rice, soy, barley, cocoa, coffee, sugar, milk, palm oil and steel – and sovereign external and domestic debt globally.

BMI’s proprietary Sovereign and Economic Risk Ratings quantify economic, political and market vulnerabilities to external debt and broader macroeconomic crises, while we provide forecasts for over 400 economic indicators across 153 states.

Financial Markets Reports

BMI produces a series of weekly and monthly newsletters specifically aimed at Financial Market investors and analysts.

Our flagship weekly newsletter – Emerging Markets Monitor – analyses and forecasts fixed income, forex, interest rates, commodities, equity markets and global funds across Asia, Emerging Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. Its sister publication, Corporate Financing Week, provides complete coverage of M&A activity, IPOs, privatisations, equity and debt financing across the US and Emerging Markets, with deal-by-deal analysis accompanied by our evaluation of global trends in financial flows.

BMI also produces the monthly Global Market Monitor, which collates all major macroeconomic forecasts, our asset-by-asset Key Market Views, and a full analysis of our closed views – including the gain/loss on each position.