Market Overview

The dollar held modest gains against against the other major currencies on Tuesday, despite the release of downbeat U.S. data, as investors continued to focus on the Federal Reserve's upcoming policy...

Market BriefDespite persistently weak economic data from the US, nothing could stop Wall Street closing in green yesterday. The S&P 500 was up 1.28%, the Nasdaq gained 1.14% while the Dow Jones...

Is the UK labour market headed for slower growth? Brazil's retail sales continue to slide although the pain may ease on the margins Sentiment in US home-building industry expected to remain at a...

Let's begin in the United States where economic data remains mixed. Here is the latest:1. The Empire State Manufacturing Index (measuring NY-area manufacturing activity) is quite weak and materially...

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...

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...

One of the most important events for the global fixed income market this autumn is the FOMC meeting later this week. We believe the greater uncertainty about global growth and the deflationary effects...

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...

In Retail Sales Rise Thanks to Autos; Industrial Production Sinks Thanks to Autos; Last Hurrah for Autos? I highlighted this Bloomberg claim:"Taken together, July and August point to a very strong...

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...