Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary: Inflation Cools as Summer Begins
Summary United States: Inflation Cools as Summer Begins A bevy of soft inflation data for […]
Housing and Retail Sales Data to Show Canadians Continue to Hold Back
Economic data in the week ahead should show further softening in Canadian (per-person) household spending […]
Week Ahead – RBA, SNB and BoE Next to Secide, CPI and PMI Data Also on Tap
It will be another central-bank-heavy week with the RBA, SNB and BoE None are expected […]
Weekly Focus – Political Uncertainty on the Rise in Europe
This week was dominated by events in the US. The FOMC kept policy rate unchanged […]
NZ Dollar Slips on Soft Manufacturing Data
The New Zealand dollar is sharply lower on Friday. NZD/USD is down 0.61%, trading at […]
USD/JPY Nearing April JPY-Intervention Levels in Wake of BoJ
Markets Core bond yields stumbled yesterday. US yields dropped between 5.5 (2-yr) and 7.8 bps […]
A Growing Divergence
Market sentiment was once again very different on both sides of the Atlantic. The European […]
Cliff Notes: Cautious Steps Towards Easing
Key insights from the week that was. In Australia, headline results from the May Labour […]
Bank of Japan (BoJ) Preview: Potential Cut in Bond Buying to Aid Ailing Yen?
Hawkish FOMC adds further pressure on the BoJ as USD/JPY advances. Speculation builds that the […]
US initial jobless claims jump to 242k, vs exp 227k
US initial jobless claims rose 13k to 242k in the week ending June 8, above […]
US PPI at -0.2% mom, 2.2% yoy in May
US PPI for final demand fell -0.2% mom in May, below expectation of 0.2% mom […]
Fed’s Mester urges caution despite positive inflation data
Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester expressed cautious optimism in an CNBC interview today, acknowledging the […]