Market Overview

Europe looks set for a relatively mixed open on Tuesday as concerns of a Greek default continue to weigh on sentiment following the government’s decision on Monday to call in all public sector...

Market movers today • We expect German ZEW expectations for April to decline slightly after rising substantially since October last year on the back of ECB stimulus and better economic growth...

Nordea Hypotek is set to introduce a new long covered bond (NDH5531) that will mature on 8 April 2022. The coupon rate is set to 1% and the ISIN code is SE0006991246. The loan will be introduced in...

The Peoples Bank of China (PBOC) announced yesterday, that they would be loosening the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for all financial institutions by 100 basis points. The regulatory cut...

The Euro has slipped a little to start the business week, reflecting persistent worries about the Greek debt crisis. Last Friday, the common currency hit a high of $1.0848; today, the EUR/USD has...

The first quarter forex results are in, but forecasts for the remainder of the year appear balanced to the point of being overly boring. Conservative may be a better word to use, but, after the...

Tuesday’s another slow day for economic updates, although two reports will provide timely news on the outlook for Germany and the Eurozone via ZEW's sentiment indexes. Later, a peek at retail...

Greece to Seize Local Government Cash Robbing Peter to pay Paul took another leap forward in Greece today as Tsipras to Seize Public-Sector Funds to Keep Greece Afloat.Running out of options to keep...

With "tax day" now firmly behind us, it is expected that 2015 will show a record level of tax collections. This is a good thing, right? Maybe not.Over the weekend, an economist friend of mine sent me...

"Index shows economic growth slowed in March": This is the headline for today's release of the Chicago Fed's National Activity Index, and here are the opening paragraphs from the report:Led by...

Note from dshort: At the request of The Advisory Group in San Francisco, here's updated comparison of four major cyclical bear markets. The numbers are through the April 17 close.This chart series...

The Chicago Fed's National Activity Index, which I reported on earlier today, is based on 85 economic indicators drawn from four broad categories of data: Production and Income Employment,...

Predicting if and when Greece will leave the Eurozone has become somewhat like trying to predict the end of the world. Nobody can agree on when exactly it will happen, and the possibility is being...

With an economic slowdown in China and a fall in commodity prices, Australian iron ore exports have been hit hard. With the commodity being Australia's largest export and accounting for over 74...