Market Overview

The recent disappointing performance of the world economy has been labelled as the "new mediocre" by Christine Lagarde, the "new reality" by Olivier Blanchard and the "new normal" by many others.How...

Summary – Services and Composite PMI data Caixin China Composite PMI™ data (which covers both manufacturing and services) indicated a second successive monthly expansion of overall...

The US dollar is firm, near the best levels of the week against the euro, yen, and sterling. However, against the dollar-bloc and several actively traded emerging market currencies, including the...

On April 12, in one of the easiest financial predictions in history, I challenged the notion that a €5 billion slush fund dubbed “Atlas” could possibly prop up €360 billion of...

The economic mover and shaker this week is Friday's employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This monthly report contains a wealth of data for economists, the most publicized being the...

A big release of US economic data overnight and a larger than expected increase in US oil inventories is set to drive trade in the Asian session. Markets will be slightly more nervous around the...

European equity markets are expected to open higher on Thursday following another mixed session in Asia overnight. Trading volumes are expected to be lower throughout the European session due to the...

Liquifaction: … 3: conversion of soil into a fluidlike mass during an earthquake or other seismic event, 4: inability of flooded capital markets to absorb additional capital without...

One obvious thing about the Brexit is that it will definitely have gains and losses in the United Kingdom.There are several grim forecasts about how sterling will plummet, how the London stock market...

The central bank of Japan has been struggling with low inflation, which normally go together with sluggish economic growth. If the Bank of Japan wants to succeed in its efforts, it should intend to go...

Commodity currencies recover mildly today as stock markets stabilized. While Japan market is still on holiday, other Asian markets pared back much of initial losses. Aussie is also supported by better...

Following yesterday’s lead, USD strength has continued to dominate the forex trading landscape into this morning.Traders shrugged off a notoriously unreliable March private payrolls miss, with...

Will Eurozone retail sentiment show more contraction? US job cuts data will be widely read after weak ADP estimate on payrolls Economists expect US jobless claims will stick close to 40-plus-year...

Like a Mafia Don protecting his “family,” the Fed is implementing another layer of “protection” from collapse for the Too Big To Fail Banks.This latest deal will prevent bank...