Market Overview

A trifecta of misses in Tuesday's U.S. economic releases may not be a game-changer in Thursday's Fed decision because the game is already “unchanged”. The September Empire Fed survey...

There’s an old saying, "If you have no expectations, you'll never be disappointed.” Some might even suggest it's universal wisdom – a tenet that neither leads one astray nor fools...

Ahead of Thursday’s announcement from the Federal Reserve, focus has remained on Australasia and Asia with news from Australia, Japan and China all impacting world markets.The most significant...

Last week’s forecast of “rapidly rising risk” of a global recession from Citigroup’s chief global economist, William Buiter, is attracting attention, which isn’t...

With only two days to go until the most anticipated Fed decision in years, investors are understandably quite cautious today but there is a number of economic data releases that may spark some...

Market BriefUSD/JPY was trading substantially higher in early Asian session amid speculations concerning the expansion on the quantitative easing program by the Bank of Japan. However, Governor Kuroda...

UK CPI inflation declined to 0.0% y/y in August, from 0.1% y/y in July (Danske Bank 0.0% y/y, consensus 0.0%). Core inflation dropped to 1.0% y/y in August from 1.2% y/y in July, in line with...

After the European wheat harvest, attention turns to the Australian wheat output, with the risk of dry El Niño weather approaching in the coming months.The spread between CBOT wheat and Matiff...

Shanghai Composite tumbles on decreasing volume Continued fall in Indian inflation may prompt rate cut Brazil struggling with elevated debt levels Once again we begin with China where the Shanghai...

As we approach Thursday, many traders and investors will now be working through their minds and penning scenarios for this much anticipated Federal Funds Rate decision.Although a lot of trading is...

Currency traders are hesitant to make any major trades before the FOMC monetary policy statement on Thursday. Nearly a decade has passed since the U.S. Central Bank has raised its benchmark interest...

The Finnish economic outlook has weakened once again. GDP growth of 0.2% in Q2 was the slowest among euro area economies. Exports are taking longer than expected to resume growth and rising...

Last week the European credit market moved more or less sideways. iTraxx Main was unchanged at 71bp, while iTraxx Crossover widened marginally to 329bp.Thursday was one of the busiest day on the...

Market Movers US retail sales is the main market mover today. We expect another solid increase in the core retail sales measure (ex autos, gasoline and building materials) of 0.3% m/m (in line with...