Federal Reserve Chair, Jerome Powell, sounded a note of heightened concern over persistently high inflation as he emphasized that the central bank would begin tapering its bond purchases shortly...
China's third-quarter GDP fell dramatically to 4.9%, down from 7.9% the previous quarter. The slower-than-expected GDP growth is due to a variety of factors, including policymakers' decision to...
A higher interest rate environment is expected, as the Fed has set the tapering timeline to happen within this year. If anyone were to benefit from such an environment, it would have to be the...
Stocks and US equity futures fell Monday, hurt by a slump in Hong Kong property developers and jitters ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting that’s expected to hint at moving toward paring stimulus....
Fed is expected to begin tapering in December at a pace of $15 billion a meeting, with a $10 billion and $5 billion split between Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities.
Last week’s price action was all about the US payrolls report, which turned out to be a massive miss. The S&P 500 fell, but later climbed back to almost unchanged on thin pre-holiday volume, while...
Chair of Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, speaking on the economic outlook at the upcoming central bank’s Jackson Hole economic symposium, will dominate market direction. Fed officials appear on track...
August has a history of sudden spikes in volatility. Think back to the sell-off in August 2011, or the drama of 2015. With many areas of the world now experiencing an uptick in Covid and the CBOE’s...
It’s a currency seasonality thing for sure: the market gets calmer in June, only for price action to turn more volatile in July to August. It seems like 2021 could be another year that the Fed is...
The US dollar has been on fire since last Thursday, extending gains one day after an unexpected shift in the Federal Reserve’s inflation and interest-rate outlook, and raising doubts about the...
If the Federal Reserve’s view on inflation prevails, a few key things must change, particularly when it comes to getting people back to work. Having said that, the Fed is unlikely to discuss about...
US Treasury yield dropped on Friday amid signs of investors covering short positions in the wake of weaker-than-anticipated US jobs data, putting downward pressure on dollar.
US Treasury yield dropped on Friday amid signs of investors covering short positions in the wake of weaker-than-anticipated US jobs data, putting downward pressure on dollar.
Currency traders are watching this week’s US unemployment rate for cues on the greenback’s path after it retreated from a two-month high against the yen. The currency pair declined as...
It will be an intense week for the technology, cryptocurrency, bonds and commodities markets. This happens when you have discussions about the dreaded Fed tapering, a possible return of the Iran...
When bond traders are questioning the strength of economy recovery, does this mean that USD/JPY tends to weaken?
With the market expecting Fed to act slightly neutral, dollar could rise higher this week.
