Market Overview

The greenback traded unchanged or lower during the European morning, on Monday. The currencies that managed to outperform the dollar were SEK, NOK, GBP and EUR. The euro strengthened after all three...

Israel central bank meets Monday and is expected keep rates steady at 1.0%. CPI inflation eased to 1.4% y/y in January, the lowest since September. The economy remains sluggish, with growth expected...

Peace may have returned to Ukraine but the country’s ousted president, Viktor Yanukovych, is wanted for mass murder. Additionally, Egypt’s government will resign. These stories are making...

There were no particularly strong movements in the Forex market on Friday. Euro strength was limited because of rumors that the EU may allocate financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 20...

STOCKS: The world economy is healing. However, there remains clear headwinds to the continuation of this healing, such as the emerging market risk-reassessment and China weakening. Quite clearly, we...

The following table lists the key economic data and other events that are due out during the week of February 24th–February 28th, with release times displayed for the GMT time zone.The list also...

There have been three developments to note to start the week. First, the removal of Yanukovych in Ukraine has seen a continued relief rally with 10-year yields dropping a little more than 100 bp to...

Turns out the whiz kids in Silicon Valley aren’t the only ones playing with funny money these days. So are mom-and-pop Americans.In the same week that Facebook (FB) plunked down $12 billion in...

Market Snapshot CAD: Retail sales disappointed coming in less than expected on Friday whilst CPI beat expectations. EUR: Eurozone CPI and Core y/y out today forecast at 0.7% and 0.8% respectively....

The Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Commission has released the latest report on Traffic Volume Trends, data through December.Travel on all roads and streets changed by 1.1% (2.7...

The G20 communique was much more receptive to the complaints of the EM countries than the draft that was circulating beforehand. It said that monetary policy in the developed countries “should...

VIX closed above its cluster of weekly Model supports after challenging weekly mid-Cycle resistance at 15.69. VIX held steady this week, a non-confirmation of the SPX rally attempts. SPX closes above...

Risk markets are generally lower as the week starts with Asian equity indices in red. That lifted the Japanese yen mildly higher against other major currencies. But the gains are so far limited. The...

Market movers today The situation in Ukraine has deteriorated further over the weekend and will likely attract significant attention today and throughout the week, as especially central and eastern...