War And Cheese
By Teeuwe Mevissen, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank
In the beginning of this millennium, when the US made the ill-fated decision to invade Iraq - based on fl… Read More
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US Dollar Index Dollar edges higher yen slumps
FxPremiere.com – The U.S. dollar edged higher in early European trade Friday, but was still on course for a monthly loss, while the Japan… Read More
FX Signals – Dollar seesaws ahead central bank week
Telegram Forex Signals – SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar distanced itself from an eight-month trough on Monday ahead of… Read More
Futures Flat Ahead Of Worst Payrolls Report Since 2020
US stock futures were muted, trading in a narrow 5 point range and unchanged for the second day in a row after a blisterin… Read More
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Germany’s “dangerous” €200bn energy bailout has sparked further EU infighting, with Spain and Belgium the… Read More
Just like it happened with the ECB’s March meeting, also this week the eyes of the market were mainly focused on the Federal Reserve’s March meeting.
However, unlike the European… Read More
Futures Flat Ahead Of Much-Anticipated Jobs Report
Markets are muted this morning with US equity futures paring back modest gains, ahead of the much-anticipated US jobs report l… Read More
The euro has posted considerable gains on Thursday. In the European session, EUR/USD is trading at 1.0906, up 0.47% on the day.
Eurozone CPI hits 7.4%
The euro has rebounded nicely as it tra… Read More
Last night it was the turn of the Bank of Federal Reserve Bank of England, Japan, Europe and Australia, I mean the Bank of England, to give markets another hawkishly dovish policy decision… Read More
Wall Street fell from record highs on Thursday following a flurry of downbeat quarterly results from Ford Motor and other companies and after European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi's comme… Read More
Markets again concerned about inflation
And just like that, we’re back to financial markets schizophrenic flirtation with inflation. Not enough meds have been ingested clearly because… Read More
Given where the COVID-vaccine/stimulus driven economy currently stands, Fed Chair Powell decided that now was not the time to push back over the recent developments in the bond market. … Read More
As things stand now, former Vice-President Joe Biden will be the next US president by the slimmest of margins. The victory is a hollow one though, as the Democrats look set to fail in their… Read More
EUR/USD continues to gain ground, after starting the week with strong gains. Currently, the pair is trading at 1.1249, up 0.06% on the day. Earlier in the day, the pair touched a high of 1.1… Read More
The US dollar is sensitive to data misses and even though the ISM services PMI remains in expansion territory, the lower than expected index triggered a sell off of the greenback. The United… Read More
Powell, Puppets and Politics
After a five-week exodus from Singapore bookended by weekly stints in OANDA’s Toronto and London office, I must admit its great to be back in Singapore aga… Read More
The year of 2017 has been one of many surprises as far as monetary policy was concerned. Since spring this year, central bankers across most of the G7 economies undoubtedly turned hawkish.
T… Read More