Metals Shine
The week kicked off with quite a solid appetite, especially for commodities. Gold advanced to […]
PMIs in Focus This Week
In focus today Today, we look out for several Fed speakers as Williams, Barkin, Barr, […]
Fed’s Barr: Not confident to start easing monetary policy yet
Fed Vice Chair Michael Barr stated in a speech today that while inflation has decreased […]
Fed’s Bostic: Maybe only one rate cut this year
Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic stated in a BloombergTV interview today that it will take […]
Risk-On Sentiment Pushes US Stocks to New Highs, Safe-Haven Currencies Underperform
Risk-on sentiment dominated global financial markets last week, with investors buoyed by US inflation report […]
The Weekly Bottom Line: Inflation Breaks Its Heat Streak
U.S. Highlights After three consecutive months of hotter-than-expected inflation, consumer prices in the U.S. finally […]
Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary: Fed Rate Cuts Back on the Table?
Summary United States: Let’s Wait and See There was no shortage of economic data this […]
Week Ahead – Flash PMIs, UK & Japan CPIs in Focus; RBNZ to Hold Rates
After cool US CPI, attention shifts to UK and Japanese inflation Flash PMIs will be […]
Chinese Data Showed a Mixed, Rather Unconvincing Picture
Markets Triggered by Fed chair Powell ruling out a hike, then reinforced by sub-consensus payrolls […]
The Elephant in the Room
All major US indices advanced to fresh ATH yesterday; the S&P500 and Nasdaq 100 traded […]
Selling Pressure Shifts to Yen and Swiss Franc, Dollar Recovers on Fed’s Hawkish Remarks
Yen’s selloff resumed after brief recovery yesterday and continued to weaken throughout Asian session. Markets […]
Fed officials express caution on inflation, uncertainty over rate cuts
Fed Governor Philip Jefferson issued a cautious message in a speech last night, stating that […]