Market Overview

The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) has released an audio recording of an interview of the former finance minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis. The interview seems to have...

The Personal Income and Outlays report for June was published this morning by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The latest data includes annual revisions for the previous three years and the first five...

With the release of yesterday's report on June Personal Incomes and Outlays we can now take a closer look at "Real" Disposable Personal Income Per Capita.The first chart shows both the nominal per...

Note: The charts below have been updated to include yesterday's preliminary report on U.S. Light Vehicle sales.For the past few years we've been following a couple of transportation metrics: Vehicle...

Of the currencies likely to be in focus this week, I really did not expect the week to start with a further move lower for the loonie (and the Canadian economy) which have both been badly affected by...

When talking about the Federal Reserve’s interest rate increase, market participants and observers have always been asking the never-ending question: “Will they do it soon or won’t...

Last Monday, July 27, the Shanghai market suffered its greatest one-day decline in eight years, 8.5%. This followed a tumble that brought Shanghai shares down some 32% early in July from their peak in...

Yesterday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper launched what will be the longest federal election campaign since 1872 and consequently, the most expensive. This is a bold move, given that the Canadian...

Asian shares continued to decline amid concerns over China’s growth and the commodity selloff. China’s factories have cut back activity to a larger extent than previously expected during...

Market Movers• Today, final euro area manufacturing PMI figures will be released. Focus will be on the first release of the Italian and Spanish figures. In both countries, the manufacturing PMIs...

It would have been difficult to find anyone bullish on the Greek stock market as it opened today after 5 weeks in exile closing just before capital controls were imposed at the height of the crisis....

Market Brief G10 Advancers and Decliners vs USD SEK 0.20 CHF 0.17 GBP 0.13 NZD 0.11 DKK 0.10 EUR 0.09 NOK 0.02 AUD -0.10 JPY -0.10 CAD -0.21 Global Indexes Current Level % Change Nikkei 225 Index...

EUR/USDToday’s support: -1.0929 and 1.0913(main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.0893, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.0867. Break of the latter would result in...

As the Bank of England moves closer to raising interest rates for the first time since 2007, the strength of sterling is causing disagreement among its policymakers over when to pull the trigger.The...