Market Overview

What to make of the dots, numbers and words, we do the data crunching and give our view on implications for FX, rates and equity markets.Following the FOMC meeting, we will host a conference call,...

On Thursday, I noted Bloomberg's comment "Something Very Wrong" with the manufacturing sector.More completely, Bloomberg stated "There may very well be something wrong with the manufacturing sector,...

Dollar tumbles broadly as FOMC decides to keep the target range for the federal funds rate between 0-0.25% and refrained from a rate hike. The decision was made with 9-1 vote, with Richmond Fed...

The Macro Outlook:We talked it over, and we decided not to raise rates “The recovery from the Great Recession has advanced sufficiently far, and domestic spending appears sufficiently robust,...

I would be a rich man if I had a penny for every letter written about the Federal Reserve decision. To hear analysts discuss it, you’d think the fate of the free world as we know it rests on...

In the press conference following Thursday's wimpy rate-hike decision by the Fed, chair Janet Yellen responded to a reporter's question about the possibility of a hike in October.Yellen stated that...

The FRB, the ECB, the PBoC, and the BoJ are all central banksters. It matters not which country they infest. It matters not which form of gooberment they act as marionette. It matters not how much...

Economic indicators continue to paint a bleak picture of Chinese growth. Cited by various central banks as one of the major factors affecting the global economy there is little China can do to improve...

Currency strategists at Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), Bank of America Merrill Lynch (NYSE:BAC), Nomura, Societe Generale (PARIS:SOGN), and Danske Bank provide their views on what's next for the USD in...

We’re about to experience turbulence… please fasten your seatbelts!The Fed’s eagerly awaited key rate decision at 2 p.m. today could definitely cause a fair bit of stirring on...

The inimitable US musician Prince (and yes, this was before he changed his stage name to a bizarre symbol , officially becoming “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince”) released the iconic...

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in July suggests that economic activity is expanding at a moderate pace. Household spending and business fixed investment have been...

The Federal Reserve did not hike interest rates today – here are 5 key takeaways from the announcement:The following excerpt from the first paragraph of the Fed statement is a clear signal that...

The Federal Reserve left the Fed funds target at 0-25 bp. It recognized continued improvement in the US economy but raised the level of concern over international developments.In June, the FOMC...