Market Overview

As we noted in our FOMC preview report, analysts and traders were unanimous in their expectation that the central bank would leave interest rates unchanged in the 0.00-0.25% range and the Fed provided...

Over the past year, the Chinese stock market has been on a roller-coaster ride, doubling in value in 12 months and taking a deep plunge that wiped out one-third of its value in just a few weeks. After...

US stocks rose sharply on Tuesday, as the Chinese stock market stabilized and corporate reports beat expectations. The US dollar edged higher, with the ICE US dollar index, a measure of dollar’s...

Markets seem to have taken a break in the past few hours, waiting for the release of the Federal Open Market Committee’s key rate decision. After two days of meetings and discussions, Fed...

The Fed will announce the decision of its July FOMC meeting this evening accompanied by a statement on the decision, though no scheduled press conference from Fed Chair Yellen. With trading volumes...

FOMC TimeTraders globally will be singularly focused on the FOMC meeting this afternoon. Given the importance of this event we anticipate FX markets will shift into tight ranges. The market is...

Despite a change in policy stance being extremely unlikely today, the FOMC announcement is going to be tracked extremely closely by investors and could drive large amounts of market...

Black clouds are forming over the U.S economy as consumer confidence suffers its biggest blow in over four years. The release of the latest CB Consumer Confidence figures underscore the fragility of...

This evening the Federal Reserve will announce its latest policy statement. This announcement comes against the backdrop off falling oil, commodity prices and the collapse in the price of Chinese...

While the markets wait for no man, the FOMC is a different story. Janet Yellen is expected to lead the Federal Reserve into taking the first step toward normalizing monetary policy in the coming...

Some bet for a first rate hike in September, others have hard time imagining Yellen pushing for higher rates any time before December, while a minority expects both a September and a December rate...

The euro inched up against the dollar on Wednesday as the talks between Greece and its creditors continue as Athens tries to release its third bailout.Delia Velculescu, the IMF’s lead...

U.S. consumer confidence dropped in July to 90.9 from a revised of 99.8 in June, while economists had called for a rise to 100.This is lowest reading since September 2014, noting that June’s...

European shares rose on Tuesday, after witnessing its worst five days drop since the beginning of the year, due to the release of upbeat corporate earnings by European firms.Stoxx Europe 600 index...