Market Overview

US Core CPI is expected to rise to around the 0.2% and with the Fed announcing another rate hike in just a few hours, a stronger reading should definitely add to the demand, whereas a weak reading...

In our view, the February jobs report removed the last obstacle for a Fed hike on Wednesday.We do not expect any major changes to the statement. Fed still awaits more information about...

Key Points: EMA bias suggests downside risks are in place. Despite a recent tumble, the RSI remains neutral. FOMC is in focus. The Aussie Dollar had an interesting last week, having some strong...

The week ahead is the busiest week of the first quarter. It sees four major central meetings, including the Federal Reserve which is likely to raise rates for the second time in four months. The Dutch...

This week’s Notes From the Rabbit Hole included a little Payrolls/Wages related economic discussion before moving on to the usual coverage of stock markets, commodities, precious metals, bonds,...

“I don’t understand you,’ said Alice. ‘It’s dreadfully confusing!’‘That’s the effect of living backwards,’ the Queen said kindly: ‘it always...

Central Bank CacophonyIt will a busy Central Bank week this week, with the Fed, BoJ and BOE all on tap. The markets are fully subscribing to a March Fed rate hike, so the focus will be on the dot...

Vehicle Sales were released last week at 17.47mil SAAR (Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate). Employment reports released today were higher than the average forecast. The Household Survey Employment...

EM FX ended last week on a firm note despite the strong U.S. jobs data, with the dollar succumbing to some “buy the rumor, sell the fact” price action. We think the dollar should recover...

The Non Farm Payroll release was pretty subdued. It caused a mild issue, particularly in EUR/USD and USD/CHF, but actually helped out by pointing out an error I made back in early February. When going...

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CANADA: Employment jumped 15K in February according to the Labour Force Survey. As a result, the jobless rate dropped two ticks at 6.6% with the participation rate dropping to 65.8% from 65.9%. The...

In our view, the jobs report for February was solid and in line with expectations after the strong ADP jobs report released on Wednesday.The jobs report removes the last obstacle for a Fed hike on...

Even as flagging, high-profile hedge funds are looking for salvation in the quant world, academics are raising a red flag. Perhaps we’ve gone overboard in our efforts to reduce all financial...