Market Overview

The latest issue of the NFIB Small Business Economic Trends came out this morning. The headline number for March came in at 104.7, down 0.6 from the previous month's 105.3. The index is at the 97th...

Despite several highly-publicized "failures" of late (financial market flash crashes, unexpected triumphs like Brexit and Trump in political prediction markets), the interaction of buyers and sellers...

CurrenciesEUR/USD: The pair pulled back 0.1% to 1.0590 in trading this morning after the European open. Trading is expected to be flat ahead of the German economic sentiment, UK price inflation and EU...

Projections for US economic growth in the first quarter continue to present a varied outlook, ranging from a sharp slowdown to a modest improvement. But if this is a reason for the central bank to...

Low inflation in March. Some rebound in April expected but pressure still on Riskbank.Risk of an extension of QE? To read the entire report Please click on the pdf File Below

The US dollar has a slight downside bias today through the European morning. The market does not seem particularly focused on high frequency data, though sterling traded higher after an unchanged...

In the US, the NFIB small business optimism for March is due out. Business optimism soared after the election of Donald Trump to President. However, given the increased uncertainty about how many of...

GBP/CADToday’s support: - 1.6526, 1.6515 and 1.6504 (main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.6475, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.6451. Break of the latter would...

Eurozone industrial activity is expected to increase for a second month US Small Business Optimism Index on track to hold on to post-election gains US job openings are projected to post only a...

What are the long-term trends for multiple jobholders in the US? The Bureau of Labor Statistics has two decades of historical data to enlighten us on that topic, courtesy of Table A-16 in the monthly...

Let's take a close look at the latest employment report numbers on Full and Part-Time Employment. Buried near the bottom of Table A-9 of the government's Employment Situation Summary are the numbers...

The latest update of the Labor Market Conditions Index for March is at 0.4, down from February's 1.5.The LMCI is a relatively recent indicator developed by Federal Reserve economists to assess changes...

Yellen's talk after the North American markets closed was revealing even though she added little to market's body of knowledge about the prospects for a June hike or the issues surrounding the balance...

When carrying out technical analysis on financial assets, many analysts rely solely on linear moves, however as most of the world markets evolve, we may be seeing the start of a new era in the...