The Weekly Bottom Line: Slowing, But Not Stopping
U.S. Highlights The FOMC downshifted its tightening race in December, raising the policy rate by […]
Forward Guidance: Inflation to Cool as Economy Slows
Canadian inflation is falling further from its summer peak. CPI growth likely edged down to […]
Week Ahead – Bank of Japan Highlights a Data-Heavy Week
The central bank torch will pass to the Bank of Japan next week. Even though […]
Forex Friday: GOLD, USD/CAD, GBP/USD and USD/JPY
Welcome to another edition of Forex Friday, a weekly report in which we discuss selected […]
Weekly Focus – Softer Inflation, Harder Central Banks
In a week dominated by central bank meetings, the end result was a more hawkish […]
Will There be a Santa Rally This Year?
Stocks are down substantially this year, even including indices which had a bit of a […]
ECB is Far from Done
Market movers today Markets will continue to digest the flurry of central bank meetings yesterday […]
Xmas Mess
I should admit that I thought the major event of this week would be Federal […]
Cliff Notes: Markets End the Year Mired in Uncertainty
Key insights from the week that was. This week, we received updates on consumer and […]
More Shocks Coming?
Equity markets are back in the red on Thursday as investors reel from the nasty […]
Fed Review: FOMC Signals Fed Funds above 5% in 2023
Fed Review: FOMC Signals Fed Funds above 5% in 2023 The US Federal Reserve hiked […]
US retail sales down -0.6% mom in Nov, ex-auto sales down -0.2% mom
US retail sales dropped -0.6% mom to USD 689.4B in November, worse than expectation of […]