Risk on pauses after volatile week
Overnight Headlines *USD fell back with its biggest daily percentage drop in month *US stocks climbed for a second day as Evergrande watched *The Vix fell below 20 on improved…
Read More »Hawkish tilt continues at the BOE
GBPUSD, H1 The BOE unanimously voted to keep the bank rate steady at 0.100%. At the same time the MPC agreed to maintain the current bond buying target with a…
Read More »EUR/GBP struggles below 0.8600, Eurozone PMI, Bank of England eyed
EUR/GBP holds onto the previous day’s U-turn from the monthly peak near 0.8580 during the Asian session on Thursday. Even so, the cross-currency pair
Read More »BoJ and FOMC : Front and center
It is a central bank jamboree this week with 13 policy meetings on tap, highlighted by three of the G7 — the FOMC, BoE, and BoJ. They, and most others,…
Read More »Dollar pushes higher on weak equities
Overnight Headlines *USD closed higher last week, rising versus most of its peers on Friday *US stocks settled lower as inflation fears resurfaced *Oil is trying to break out higher,…
Read More »Sterling storming back
Cable, Daily The pound has perked up over the last day, with Cable posting a one-week high at 1.3888, just shy of last Friday’s, post NFP pop to 1.3890. EURGBP…
Read More »Market Update – August 13
Market News Today – Virus developments and China’s regulatory curbs remain the main themes for Asian markets. Chinese internet giants were pressured and chipmakers also struggled. Chinese authorities continue to try and get…
Read More »Live Analysis on BOE Day
The Bank Of England left bank rate unchanged at 0.10% as expected, the key phrase in a largely uneventful MPC document was “Some modest tightening of monetary policy is likely…
Read More »The Market Week Podcast – June 25
The Dollar continued to gain this week, as stock markets hit new all-time highs (again), commodities cooled and a rallying Sterling, ahead of the BOE, retraced on the Dovish outcome….
Read More »Events to Look Out for Next Week
The BOE, RBA policy meetings and press conferences are the central bank highlights this week even though they are unlikely to offer up any surprises. But no one expected tapering…
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