Market Overview

The latest JOLTS report (Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary), with data through April, is now available. The first chart below shows four of the headline components of the overall series, which...

In this piece, we present the main takeaways from our recent trip to London.All we met expect PM Theresa May to win the UK election despite polls narrowing. How UKIP voters vote in Brexit...

Market movers today Final euro area GDP figures are due today, providing insights into the composition of Q1 growth, which accelerated to 0.5% q/q. It will be particularly interesting to see whether...

NZD/USDToday’s support: - 0.7157, 0.7132 and 0.7112 (main), where correction is possible. Break would give 0.7088, where correction also may be. Then follows 0.7059. Break of the latter would...

Tomorrow is massive so today should be quietTomorrow is a very risky day with a European Central Bank meeting, the testimony of Former FBI Director Comey and, of course, the general election here in...

Australian dollar surges broadly today as GDP grew 0.3% qoq in Q1, meeting market expectations, even though it's sharply slower than prior quarter's 1.1% qoq. But after all, it's the 103rd successive...

The European equity markets opened flat to negative on Wednesday, following a quiet trading session in Asia. Investors will certainly remain in wait-and-see mode before Thursday’s busy...

FTSE -5 points at 7520DAX -18 points at 12672 CAC -7 points at 5262 Euro Stoxx -10 points at 3544 The European equity markets are set for a flat-to-negative open on Wednesday, following a quiet...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light,...

German factory orders on track to dip despite encouraging growth forecasts Economists to forecast slightly faster growth in revised Q1 GDP data for Japan Market expects Fed to raise rates next week...

The Canadian dollar continued to advance versus the US dollar on Tuesday. The price of oil rebounded after losses on Monday following the rift between Qatar and a host of Arab nations accusing the...

As we’ve been outlining for weeks now, Subprime 2.0 is the subprime auto-loan industry. And just as the collapse in the subprime mortgage lending was what signaled the beginning of the housing...

Complacency in the stock market is almost palpable as $300 billion has flowed into ETF coffers since the U.S. presidential election just seven months ago. With domestic and international indices...

An increase in total buy-out investments proved a big factor in the growth through 2016 of the private equity and venture capital market in New Zealand.A new report looks at this growth and concludes...