Market Overview

Market Movers At 9:30 CET the Minutes from the Riksbank rate decision will be released. The question is whether these are as confident on inflation, inflation expectations and the global economic...

Will she raise or will she not? As financial markets focus on whether we will see a Fed rate hike this week, investors may be in for a rude awakening.Why do we care about the Fed?We care about the...

Can India overtake China in economic growth? Possibly, if you listen to Indian politicians and senior business leaders. Arun Jaitley, India’s finance minister, said in an interview with the BBC:...

While markets are preparing cautious for the FOMC rate decision on Thursday, US equities staged a rally overnight. DJIA rose 228.89 pts, or 1.4% to close at 16599.85 after breaching 16600 handle. The...

While investors will primarily continue to be focused on tomorrow’s highly anticipated Federal Reserve announcement, there is once again a lot of important economic data being released today...

The loonie has been caught in a tight range ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting this week. The Federal Reserve has investors uncertain on the outcome of the September rate...

EUR/NOK. We expect relative rates to be a NOK negative in the coming month, as we anticipate Norges Bank to lower the sight deposit rate by 25bp on 24 September and signal a high probability of...

We continue to waitSince bottoming out on 25 August, the ASX and most Asian indices (barring China and Malaysia) have been range trading, as light intra-day leads and the ever-present thought of Fed...

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the markets opened in New York September 3, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonTurn Around Tuesday Overnight the S&P 500 futures...

The Bank of Japan maintained its stimulus program of purchasing 80 trillion yen assets annually. The statement shows Japan economy continue to recover moderately but exports, output affected by...

Probably the most discussed potential Fed decision on rates is the one forthcoming on Thursday. When it is all said and done, the rate increase in and of itself is really not the issue investors...

Richard Teitelbaum has written a fascinating piece for Institutional Investor on the contemporary pickle in which sovereign wealth funds find themselves. He calls it a “triple threat” but...

The Census Bureau's Advance Retail Sales Report released this morning shows that seasonally adjusted sales in August increased 0.2% month-over-month and 2.2% year-over-year. Core Retail Sales (ex...

If the FOMC doesn’t start raising interest rates tomorrow, that wouldn’t surprise me. I have been anticipating either one-and-done or none-and-done for 2015 since September 2014. If...