The euro is unchanged in the European session. Currently, EUR/USD is trading at 1.2154, up 0.02% on the day. German GDP posts small gain Germany is...
The New Zealand dollar has recorded strong gains in Wednesday trading. Currently, NZD/USD is trading at 0.7379, up 0.61% on the day. RBNZ says prolonged QE...
The New Zealand dollar started the week as the strongest most-traded currency on the Forex market thanks to the upgrade to the nation’s credit rating by Standard & Poor’s. What other factors will be influencing the New Zealand...
The Turkish lira weakened against its US peer to kick off the trading week, despite several growth updates from major financial institutions and the continuation of policy normalization. Since November, the lira has...
Key Events This Busy Week: Powell, Stimulus And More Inflation Cues As DB's Jim Reid writes in his Early Morning Reid, "this week marks the first...
The New Zealand dollar was the strongest among the most-traded currencies on the Forex market today after Fitch Ratings upgraded New Zealand’s credit ratings with a stable outlook. Standard & Poor’s announced...
The Next Commodity Supercycle By Variant Perception There are three big drivers of the commodity supercycle: The long era of monetary-policy dominance is over, leading to...
Rising yields spook investors Jerome Powell’s appearances in Congress next week may come at the perfect time. Rising yields have made investors nervous and the Fed...
The Japanese yen strengthened against its US counterpart to finish the trading week amid reports that the central bank is reconsidering loose monetary policy to spur economic growth. This comes as the Bank...
A resumption of the surge in global bond yields is starting to worry some traders. Despite a firm Fed commitment that monetary policy will remain supportive...
EUR/USD has been falling on Wednesday and accelerated its decline after the release of better-than-expected US retail sales, though it has been trading sideways afterward. The release of monetary policy meeting minutes...
FOMC Minutes Show Fed Sees "Elevated Asset Valuation Pressures", Will Ignore "Temporary" Inflation Factors Bonds and bullion have been battered since the Jan 27th FOMC meeting...
Today, the New York Fed’s Center for Microeconomic Data reported that household debt balances increased by $206 billion in the fourth quarter of 2020, marking a...
Blain: Why "Acting Big" Still Won't Cure Much In The Real Economy Authored by Bill Blain via MorningPorridge.com, “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”...
The Best Case Steep-nario By Ian Lyngen and Ben Jeffery, rates strategists at Rabobank The selloff in Treasuries appears to have stabilized overnight after 10-year yields...
Just about the entire world economy is in the grips of reflation. What's reflation? My definition of reflation is when economic activity and prices are all...
Powell Is Wrong. More Stimulus Won't Create Employment Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, As discussed in Friday’s #Macroview, stimulus, mainly when it comes from debt, does...
The Japanese yen fell intraday but reversed its movement afterward, managing to erase losses against a few of its rivals and trim them against others. The currency for a long time has been under...
US futures higher, dollar loses ground US markets were closed for a public holiday overnight. That was probably no bad thing as rolling blackouts swept parts...
The euro started the trading week on a weak footing, falling against many of its most-traded counterparts. The EUR/USD currency pair has been trading about flat. What traders can expect from the EUR/USD...
The Coming High-Pressure Economy - After hunkering down for much of 2020, people are eager to make up for lost..
How Long Before The Fed Tries To Manipulate Long-Term Rates Lower? Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk, The Fed pledged to hold interest rates low for...
As discussed in Friday's #Macroview, stimulus, mainly when it comes from debt, does not create organic economic growth. In the second part of this analysis, we...
What Sort Of Inflation Is "Troubling" To The Fed? The Fed seems to be raising the bar for what constitutes ‘troubling’ inflation, and as Standard Chartered's...
Minutes and PMIs eyed Investors are growing increasingly hopeful about the economic outlook and next week’s PMIs will tell us whether businesses share their optimism. Central...
The Turkish Lira flatlined against its US peer to finish the trading week as disappointing economic data put the brakes on the currency’s rally. But the lira is still poised for a weekly boost against the greenback,...
Rickards: The Only Way Out Of The Death Trap Authored by James Rickards via The Daily Reckoning, I’ve said the U.S. is caught in a debt...
In the US, reflation on the back of fiscal stimulus and the exit from lockdowns should lead to modestly higher inflation expectations and nominal bond yields....
The US dollar added to its weekly decline on Thursday after initial jobless claims came in higher than market forecasts. With nearly 800,000 people applying for unemployment benefits, the American labor market...
Will The US Have A Recession Ever Again? Earlier this week, Deutsche Bank's credit strategist Jim Reid suggested that the Covid recession might persuade policymakers that...