Market Overview

Last week, I discussed the primary issue that has led to the “Unavoidable Pension Crisis” in America. To wit: “Using faulty assumptions is the lynchpin to the inability to meet...

The US dollar is narrowly mixed after a brief attempt in Asia to extend its pre-weekend gains fizzled, and a consolidative tone has emerged. The news stream is light and largely limited to the current...

EM FX ended the week on a soft note, as the weaker than expected US jobs data was unable to derail the dollar’s rally. For the week, the worst performers were ZAR (-3%), TRY (-2.5%), and RUB...

Summary: The macro data from the past month continues to mostly point to positive growth. On balance, the evidence suggests the imminent onset of a recession is unlikely.One concern in recent months...

The latest non-farm payroll fell below 100K, the lowest in 10 months. Will USD/JPY fall to 110.50 again?The highly anticipated meeting between the two most influential leaders in the world ended last...

In Sweden , the week(s) ahead contain only one thing of interest: March CPI data (on Tuesday 11 April, 09:30 CEST). Indeed, we will also receive the March labour force survey the day before (Monday 10...

GBP/CADToday’s support: - 1.6582 and 1.6560 (main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.6538, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.6515. Break of the latter would result...

US labour market could have reached peakTruth be told, Friday’s US jobs numbers looked a mess – just 98,000 jobs added (almost half the consensus estimate) marking the second worst nonfarm...

FTSE +6 points at 7355DAX +17 points at 12242 CAC -2 points at 5133 Euro Stoxx flat at 3495 Asian markets opened the week on a positive note. Nikkei (+0.71%) and Topix (+0.62%) gained on weaker yen...

Market movers today It is the last week ahead of the Easter Holiday and the data calendar is dominated by not least CPI inflation prints across the globe. Today, the inflation set is kicked off with...

The latest IMM data covers the week from 28 March to the 4 April 2017To read the entire report Please click on the pdf File Below

US Core CPI is expected to rise to around the 0.2% and with the Fed starting its rate hike cycle, USD should remain well-supported, unless there is a shock to the current market. Of course, if we were...

US Core Retail Sales is a high impact tradable release but since it is scheduled to be released with the Core CPI I’d recommend to wait for both releases before taking a trade. With the market...

The Australian Employment Change release today is highly focused release which gives a glimpse into current Australian economy. A strong release with full-time employment is obviously positive for the...