Market Overview

Market Movers ahead In the US, the most important data release next week will be CPI and CPI core figures for September, which we estimate will have increased. The coming week brings several speeches...

We present our new commodity price forecasts for 2017 and 2018To read the entire report Please click on the pdf File Below:

During yesterday's trading, the US dollar appreciated significantly relative to the major leading currencies. The dollar index closed the trading session in the positive zone (+0.53%). Today...

The cryptomarkets have stepped up over the past 48 hours. ripple had an amazing day yesterday with a rise of more than 10% and bitcoin is up more than 5% over the past 24 hours.European regulators...

We look for USD/CNY to move broadly sideways over the next 12 months as two opposing forces are in play: 1) Our expectation of more overall USD weakening speaks in favour of more downside in USD/CNY....

Global CommentaryAsian markets closed mixed on Thursday after struggling for direction in a lightly traded session in which South Korean, Chinese and Hong Kong markets were all closed. The Nikkei in...

Global CommentaryAsian markets extended the overnight gains seen on Wall Street, with most of the major indices that were open posting gains. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng reached a ten-year high...

Traders are putting the final touches on another strong weekly performance for the US dollar. Strong economic data, including the PMIs, auto sales, and factory orders have surprised the market. The...

A month ago, I wrote about the near seasonal pattern of speculators accumulating net long contracts in gold and silver from July troughs to October peaks. THIS year, the speculators started up on...

Dollar traders broadly higher today and remains as the strongest major currency for the week. The greenback is boosted by news that US President Donald Trump's administration is finally moving a...

To what extent did the hurricanes impact the US labor market? In the US, all eyes will be on the all-important US employment report for September. The forecast is for nonfarm payrolls to have risen by...

The world economy is growing solidly thanks to rising business and consumer confidence.Economic momentum should continue in 2018, although policy tightening would moderate growth in some...

The US Nonfarm Payrolls will be published today. It will be announced at 12:30 p.m. (GMT) and the Jobs Report is a significant determinant of Fed rate hike in DecemberThe Fed forecast still signals...

Today, markets will focus on the US jobs report for September. We estimate jobs growth slowed to 90,000 in September due to hurricanes, so it does not change our view that the underlying strength of...