Market Overview

The September meeting of the Federal Reserve is halfway done and at 7pm BST we will have the latest policy announcement from the world’s most important central bank. Markets are still doubtful...

FOMC Thursday has arrived. The day markets get a decision out of the most anticipated, divided and unknown Fed meeting in years!Today the US Federal Reserve will make their call on whether to provide...

Optimism Ahead of the FedAsian markets are doing well today in cautious positioning ahead of the Fed rates decision, with currency moves in particular reflecting the general feeling that rates will be...

The dollar is mildly lower as markets await the highly anticipated FOMC rate decision today. As of yesterday, Fed fund futures pointed to 23% chance of a hike to 0.50% in this meeting and 39% chance...

The day we’ve all been talking about for months has finally arrived and the mood going into it is fairly upbeat, although I do expect to see plenty of caution from traders as the day...

Talking Points:U.S. 2-Year Treasury yield rose to a four-year high Bond market participants pricing in Fed rate hikes FOMC monetary policy decision due on Thursday The United States two-year Treasury...

While the US economy should be ready for it, the Fed is not geared up to deliver the first rate hike this week in our view. No hike and lower 'dots' will guide the initial reaction in EUR/USD and send...

While the process of fine-tuning turning points is never an easy one, when the need to ensure that related currencies - that aren’t necessarily in the same area of a particular structure –...

Price action in European and US equity markets suggests no one wants to be left behind if the Federal Reserve announces something risk friendly.More focus has been placed on the idea that the Fed...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the August CPI data yesterday morning. The year-over-year unadjusted Headline CPI came in at 0.20%, little changed from 0.17% the previous month. Year-over-year...

Official recession calls are the responsibility of the NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee, which is understandably vague about the specific indicators on which they base their decisions. This...

The Census Bureau has now released its annual report household income data for 2014. It is posted on the Census Bureau website. What we're featuring in this update is an analysis of the quintile...

Greetings from Toronto! I am visiting our accounts here on Wednesday and Thursday, and going to see our accounts in Cleveland on Friday. I guess I should have stayed home to watch Yellen’s...

The Atlanta’s Fed’s GDPNow model raised its outlook for US economic growth in the third quarter to 1.5% in Tuesday’s update (Sep 15). That’s still a sluggish pace, but it beats...