Market Overview

The federal funds rate applies to a range of actual trades in unsecured overnight lending. What you see as the calculated “effective” rate is an average of those trades. Under the ZIRP/QE...

Every year Global Perspectives publishes its predictions of the 5 keys trends we see impacting the global economy in the year ahead.For many parts of the world economy 2016 could be summed up in 4...

We woke up this morning to find oil prices weighing on the market… again… with China suffering the biggest losses. Oil prices have already kept stocks at bay in the best time of the...

Sliding consumption and confidence in the economy is responsible for the first negative industrial output report seen in Japan in three months, with weak exports also being named as further impetus...

On Friday the US exchanges were closed due to the western Christmas holiday. The stock indices edged slightly lower on Thursday. The trading hours were shortened. The trading volume at the US...

The CAC 40 index is trading above its upward trend line on a 30 minute time frame. The price is also trading above its 50 day moving average (shown in yellow) which is also behaving as a support. If...

The last week of 2015 is off to a slow start for economic news. The main event for formal releases is the US data via the Dallas Fed’s December report on manufacturing activity in the...

• Japanese November data keep BoJ pressured The latest batch of November data from Japan showed mixed results regarding the outlook of the economy. Core inflation accelerated, beating the...

While markets in most of Asia, Europe and the U.S. remained closed on Friday for the holiday, markets in China and Japan moved higher, ending the week with a marked recovery in the energy sector. The...

Along with the currencies of most other commodity-exporting countries, the Canadian dollar has been in near-freefall lately. Gold, meanwhile, has been sucked down with the rest of the commodities...

Most of the financial markets are closed today as traders are still celebrating the holiday season and this will keep the volume immensely thin. The UK, Ireland, Australia and Canadian markets are...

Complete Failure of AbenomicsAbenomics is back in the spotlight tonight. Results show a complete failure on three fronts: retail sales are down, factory output is back in contraction, and the most...

Market Movers Today Very light calendar today with this morning's Japanese data and the Dallas Fed manufacturing activity index this afternoon the main releases due. Focus will continue to be on the...

Dollar is mildly soft as markets start another week of holidays. The economic calendar is rather light this week. Released today, Japan industrial production dropped -1.0% mom in November, retail...