Market Overview

U.S. dollar bullish bets rose to $15.26 billion from $13.0 billion against the major currencies during the previous week, according to the report of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)...

As normalisation of US policy rates is under way, the Federal Reserve is likely to attempt to start quantitative tightening, i.e. reducing its balance sheet in Q1 18.Rising demand for currency, change...

EUR/NZDToday’s support: - 1.5348, 1.5311 and 1.5300 (main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.5287, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.5262. Break of the latter would...

Finger on the triggerUK Prime Minister, Theresa May, could trigger Article 50 as soon as tomorrow, according to press reports over the weekend and, in doing so, reclaim up to £9 billion of...

Hit by profit-taking ahead of the weekend, despite US jobs data that remove the last hurdle to another Fed hike this week, the greenback remains on the defensive. It has softened against all the major...

The Federal Reserve (Fed), the Bank of Japan (BoJ), the Bank of England (BoE) and the Central Bank of Turkey (CBT) will announce their latest policy verdicts throughout this week. Expectations...

We have several speeches from ECB members, but they are unlikely to provide markets with additional information regarding the statements from the ECB from last week.The UK parliament will vote on a...

We expect Norges Bank (NB) to keep the sight deposit rate unchanged at 0.50% at Thursday's meeting and over the next 12 monthsEconomic activity data have been encouraging over the past months. The...

It’s a week full of central bank action – but attention is likely to be focused on the Federal Reserve and its interest rate decision on Wednesday. It’s a borderline guarantee that...

FTSE +12 points at 7355DAX +10 points at 11973 CAC +8 points at 5001 Euro Stoxx 50 +4 points at 3420 Several major central bank meetings will be on the agenda of this week. The Federal Reserve (Fed),...

The Ides of March are upon us. Should we beware the day from yore and heed its dire warnings, or pretend the “New Normal” will make all things peaches and cream? As luck would have it, the...

Summary: The FOMC is likely to enact a third hike in the federal funds rate this week. With economic data continuing to be good, the risk to equities of a rate hike is small. Higher rates indicate...

Dollar weakens broadly today as markets await a busy week ahead with four central bank meetings. Fed is widely expected to hike interest rate by 25bps this week. However, such expectation should be...

Italy’s industrial production set to keep rising in January's year-on-year comparison Another positive reading expected for the Fed’s Labor Market Conditions Index Will the 10-year...