Week Ahead – Markets Quiet Down for Holidays, Liquidity in Control
A quiet week lies ahead for FX markets as the year draws to a close. […]
Negative Sentiment in the Markets ahead of X-mas
Market movers today Japanese inflation data for November was as expected, but at a high […]
Modest Rise in Yields This Morning
Market movers today A quiet day in terms of macro data. Consumer confidence figures will […]
BoJ Tweaks YCC – Global Bond Market Takes a Hit
Bank of Japan (BoJ) surprised the market this morning by raising the upper band on […]
BOJ Makes Surprise Change to YCC Policy
Market movers today Today, the German Producer Prices will be released for November. Consensus is […]
Yen Aggressively Stronger Following BOJ’s YCC Announcement
The BOJ (Bank of Japan) have increased their upper limit of their yield target to […]
Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary: Markets Scoff at More Hawkish FOMC Rate Projections
Summary United States: Slowing Price Growth a Welcome Reprieve, FOMC Signals More Work Ahead Headline […]
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 […]
Back to Economic Data With All-Important European PMI
Markets The ECB delivered a 50 bps hawkish-to-the-bone rate hike yesterday. More than a third […]
Xmas Mess
I should admit that I thought the major event of this week would be Federal […]
Bank of England Review – A Dovish 50bp as BoE Nears the End of Hiking Cycle
In line with our expectation, the BoE today hiked policy rates by 50bp, bringing the […]
US 10-year yield rebounds with USD/JPY
US 10-year yield rose notably overnight, ending up 0.109 at 3.860. The rally was believed […]