Market Overview

Denmark: as good as it gets The recovery has gained momentum, but is not likely to accelerate furtherSweden: was that it? Growth is stabilising at a lower level, but is also becoming better...

Market movers today Please note that today at 09:00 CET we publish the Nordic Outlook, which is our quarterly publication that presents our view on the economic outlook for the Nordic countries. The...

We were obviously wrong about our non-consensus call that the Fed would skip hiking at this meeting. However, we are surprised that the Fed is not more worried about low inflation. We still fear the...

Dollar recovered overnight as Fed delivered the widely expected rate hike. The overall announcement, including new economic projections, was not as bad as some anticipated. Fed maintained the...

FTSE -4 points at 7470 DAX -8 points at 12797 CAC -26 points at 5238 Euro Stoxx -6 points at 3541As expected and widely priced in by the markets, the Federal Reserve (Fed) raised the interest rates by...

The UK will be back in focus again on Thursday as the Bank of England announces its latest monetary policy decision, amid all the political chaos following last week’s snap election result, and...

OANDA senior market analysis Craig Erlam discusses the recent stories moving financial markets and those coming up this week, including the UK election and monetary policy decisions from the Federal...

UK retail spending in May is projected to tumble 0.8% US jobless claims are on track to tick lower, close to multi-decade low Economists see US industrial output rising for a fourth month in May A...

BoE Adds Hung Parliament to List of Economic Uncertainties Days Before Brexit Talks BeginThe Bank of England announces its latest monetary policy decision on Thursday at a time of significant...

The S&P opened Wednesday slightly above Tuesday's close and dropped shortly after the 2pm ET Fed rate hike announcement. The index picked back up within the closing hours and ended with a daily...

Note: With the release of May Retail Sales and the Consumer Price Index, we've updated this commentary to include the latest Real Retail Sales.Official recession calls are the responsibility of the...

The Census Bureau's Advance Retail Sales Report for May released this morning showed a slight decrease over the April figures. Headline sales came in at -0.3% month-over-month to one decimal. Today's...

The Federal Reserve stuck to its strategy despite recent disappointing data. It still envisions another rate hike this year and being able to begin reducing its balance sheet later this...

On Wednesday, the Fed voted to raise interest rates 25 basis points. To support their argument, they observed that “the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has...