Market Overview

Recession risk remains low for the US, but there are hints that the sluggish pace of growth in last year’s fourth quarter may continue in Q1.Last week’s revised first-quarter estimate of...

EUR/AUDToday’s support: - 1.3905 (main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.3891, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.3873. Break of the latter would result 1.3860. If a...

Brexit begins next weekSo now we know. A child conceived on June 23rd will be born on March 29th and be given the name Brexit. The stopwatch that will count down for 2 years will begin next Wednesday....

(greetings from Tokyo)Growing confidence that Le Pen will not be the next president of France following the televised debate for which two polls showed Macron doing best has lifted the euro and...

QE’s diversification strategy delivered a 17% jump in adjusted profit before tax during FY16. Strong growth in photonics revenues was a key element of this improvement. This was boosted by a...

We have kept our growth forecasts for Finland largely intact and expect GDP to grow by 1.5% in 2017 and 2018, mainly on the back of exports and corporate investment, while consumption is running out...

FTSE +4 points at 7434DAX +25 points at 12078 CAC +16 points at 5028 Euro Stoxx +13 points at 3450 Asian equities traded with limited risk appetite. Japanese stocks started the week on a negative...

Australian dollar's hit a four month high overnight but lost momentum after strong housing data and RBA minutes. RBA highlighted in the meeting minutes the risks from the heat-up housing markets. It...

UK consumer price index is projected to rise above 2% for the first time since 2013 UK Industrial Trends Orders headed for mild setback after four months of rises South African rand's bullish trend...

The UK government announced today that the PM Theresa May intends to trigger Article 50 on Wednesday 29 March, which starts the formal Brexit process.Donald Tusk tweeted afterwards that 'within 48...

I know that I am not the only one feeling it. You can see the increasing risk in the markets and uglier action on the tape. Credit is seeing selling even as recession fears are distant. Bank stocks...

Great French DebateThe first great French debate has the polls showing Macaron performing well as the markets were quick to react. The euro has recovered all its pre-debate risk off, bouncing...

The UK announced it would file Article 50 on March 29. At that time, control over the timing and structure of negotiations goes to the EU.It’s a symbolic victory for the EU. The bottom line is...

In 2016, non-euro investors dumped euro-denominated bonds for the first time in history.Moreover, euro-area investors barely made purchases according to the ECB’s analysis of euro area net...