Bank of Japan Hikes Rates, Signals More To Come
Summary In a widely expected decision, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) took another step along […]
Crypto Market Has Increased Volatility
Market Picture In the outgoing week, Bitcoin updated an all-time high, approaching a price of […]
BoJ Hikes Rates, Yen Pares Gains
The Japanese yen gained as much as 0.8% earlier today but has failed to consolidate […]
S&P 500 Index Sets Record High
As shown by the S&P 500 chart (US SPX 500 mini on FXOpen), the stock […]
Reality Bites
Market exuberance about the US growth outlook has pushed up interest rates and the US […]
Cliff Notes: A Flurry of Activity
Key insights from the week that was. Amid a relatively quiet week for domestic data, […]
BOJ as Expected Raised Policy Rate by 25 bps to 0.50%
Markets Markets initially still looked for direction as they tried to take stock of the […]
Trump Rocks the Boat
US yields and crude oil fell, and the S&P500 extended gains to a fresh ATH […]
Europe Faces ‘Peak Pessimism’
In focus today Today, we receive the January PMI index for both the euro area […]
Fed Preview: Not Stealing the Spotlight
We expect the Federal Reserve to maintain the Fed Funds Rate unchanged at 4.25-4.50% in […]
ECB Preview: No New Signals
When the ECB meets next week, the policy decision is essentially already guided, namely another […]
Canada: Retail Sales flat in November, But Likely to Remain a Key Driver of Real Consumption in Q4
Retail sales were flat month-over-month (m/m) in November, right in line with the Statistics Canada’s […]