All Eyes on ECB
In focus today Today, the main event of the week will be when ECB announce […]
Can Rate Cuts and Geopolitics Propel Gold to Fresh Record Highs?
Gold’s uptrend hits a snag; 2024 characterized by consolidation phase But ingredients for a rally […]
Will US GDP Surprise to the Upside?
US will release GDP growth data at 13:30 GMT on Thursday An upside surprise seems […]
The Weekly Bottom Line: A Resilient Consumer Dims Hopes for an Early Rate Cut
U.S. Highlights Higher than expected retail sales in December suggests that consumer spending remained resilient […]
Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary: Consumers Just Keep Humming
Summary United States: Consumers Just Keep Humming As market participants continue to digest last week’s […]
Weekly Focus – Managing Expectations
While the past week has been a quiet one on the macro data front, central […]
Fin Min Suzuki Restarted Verbal Intervention
Markets US and European yields yesterday maintained Wednesday’s gains. Data were mostly ‘second tier’ but […]
Cliff Notes: Labour Market Critical to Households’ Resilience
Key insights from the week that was. The January edition of the Westpac-MI Consumer Sentiment […]
Markets Scaled Back Expectations for March Fed Rate Cut to About 50%
Markets Yesterday’s, the news flow unidirectionally supported recent central bankers’ mantra that there is no […]
Lagarde Pushes Back Against a Springtime Cut
In focus today Today focus in the euro area will be on minutes from the […]
Fed’s Bostic foresees rate cuts in Q3, sets high bar for earlier action
Atlanta Fed Raphael Bostic said overnight that he now projects Fed to begin cutting interest […]