Market Overview

Trumponomics is a mix of demand- and supply-side economics. The former tends to be inflationary, while the latter tends to be disinflationary. That’s in theory. In practice, we will all find out...

U.S. dollar stays strongThe diverging monetary policies between the United States and Canada are such that we continue to think that our currency is vulnerable. As our Chief Economist and Strategist...

Financial markets may have all but priced in a rate hike from the Federal Reserve in December but Donald Trump’s election victory has slightly altered the conversation among traders from the...

The currency markets are trading in rather tight range today with mild weakness seen in the Japanese Yen. BOJ conducted it's first operations under the new Yield Curve Control policy framework. Those...

Forex News and EventsMarkets expecting ECB hints for 2017 This afternoon, the ECB will publish its account regarding the October policy meeting. Markets are still waiting for some hints about the...

Turning To Debt To Sustain Living StandardThere was an awful lot of cheering about the recent retail sales report which showed an uptick of 0.8% which beat the analyst’s estimates of 0.6%....

The US dollar is trading with a heavier bias today as its recent run is consolidated. The euro is trying to snap the eight-day slide that brought it to nearly $1.0665 yesterday, the lows for the year....

FOMC Chair Janet Yellen will testify regarding the US economic outlook before the Joint Economic Committee in Washington DC.Yellen will speak for the first time after the mispriced Trump victory moved...

Donald Trump’s unexpected election victory sent shockwaves across the globe and hardest hit were major tech stocks which stumbled due to uncertainty. Throughout Trump’s election campaign...

CurrenciesEUR/USD – dropped to the lowest level since December as the USD kept on strengthening, in spite of the weaker data out of the US. Today we have important inflation data out of both the...

by Eli WrightAsian equity markets were stable overnight. In Japan, the Nikkei was flat, closing at 17,862.63; the Shanghai Composite edged up 0.1% to 3,208.21; the Hang Seng moved 0.45% lower, to...

Rebound expected for the September read on Brazil’s Economic Activity Index US headline consumer inflation projected to rise at fastest annual pace in 23 months Housing starts in the US on track...

GBP/SGDToday’s support: - 1.7601(main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.7587, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.7566. Break of the latter would result 1.7539. If a...

Yellen to take the stand for first time since Trump’s victoryFor the first time since the Presidential election, Fed Chair Janet Yellen will testify to congress this afternoon, where...