Market Overview

As you now know, Europe is set to announce a new QE program. I wish these money-printing rocket scientists would call it like it really is, outright monetization but then again the average non...

There are six key elements to the ECB’s announcement:1. Starting in March the ECB will buy 60 bln euros a month in national bonds and agency bonds. The amounts will be driven by the...

Events of the last week, including today at the ECB, should provide valuable lessons for the Federal Reserve as it formulates an exit strategy from its accommodative monetary policy. During the...

Global economic growth continued to decelerate through December, according to business survey data, but there are few signs at the moment that the offshore slowdown is threatening the US macro trend....

Daily Briefing Currencies EUR/USD: The pair is moving in a sideway pattern on a 30 minute time frame. The next resistance is at 1.1970 and the support is at 1.1475. USD/JPY: The pair has formed a...

The old and bold QE strategy If there is anything well know on the market and traders know about a term or infact are addicted of some thing, it is without any doubt- the Quantitative Easing program....

Market movers todayWe expect the ECB to announce government bond purchases of EUR750bn today. This would be slightly positive for the market, where consensus for purchases seems to be building...

An ECB government bond purchase programme to put downwards pressure on EUR/DKK and force reaction from Danmarks Nationalbank. This will result in a higher DKK liquidity, an increase in banks' net...

Euro stays in tight range against US dollar and yen as markets away ECB announcement and press conference. ECB would likely announce a new round of QE measures including government bond purchases....

Retreat of the hawks Falling commodity prices and the risk of deflation are causing central banks to change their monetary stance. Yesterday we saw three central banks – the Bank of England, the...

Falling in commodity prices led to a budget blow out and will likely impact growth, causing headaches for the RBA.GROWTH EXPECTATIONS: GDP, a mainstay of economic development, had beenshowing some...

The UK economy is looking quite robust as growth remains steady. Falling inflation, however, puts interest rate rises all but out of question.GROWTH EXPECTATIONS: The UK is growing well with plenty of...

The Australian dollar took a dive yesterday after a shock decision by the Bank of Canada to cut Interest rates and speculation that the proposed ECB stimulus plan will be much larger than most...

Central banks around the globe have taken us all into unchartered territory, where the possible paths boil down to a binary outcome: either it all works out or it doesn’t.Unfortunately, the...