Market Overview

Non-Farm Payrolls rose faster than expected in June as teenagers began to take summer jobs. The unemployment rate remained flat in the month while manufacturing payrolls slumped. Stocks gained as...

Policy was held unchanged from the meeting at the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). Against usual practise, the MPC published a statement alongside the decision (see here) revealing two policy...

As what has been expected and mentioned in yesterday report, after the anticipated decision of the ECB of keeping the interest rate unchanged at 0.5%, it has given a reference to the recent rising of...

After yesterday’s US independence day holiday and with both the Bank of England (BoE) and the European Central Bank (ECB) moving toward forward guidance, today’s US employment report will...

Financial news junkies love the Eurozone. Just when things seem to quiet down, something always flares up in the region. This time Portugal has been grabbing the headlines. The Economist: NO ONE is...

The dollar remained firm as market focus turned to employment data from the U.S. Economists expected the non-farm payroll report to show 162k job growth in June, while the unemployment rate was...

On Friday, Citi and some other banks quoted the 30-year conforming mortgage rate at 4.625%. Others are quoting the rate even higher (see national averages below).Once again, it's a low rate by...

Emerging markets are under pressure once again. The Turkish lira is touching new lows, driven by a number of factors, including civil unrest in Egypt and more importantly rising rates in the U.S....

Futures Rise Into Payrolls, Central Bank Guidance As Metals PlummetU.S. equity futures rose into the much anticipated Employment Situation Report. Non-Farm Payrolls are expected to have gained 161...

The possibility of the U.S. tapering its quantitative easing (QE) program has resulted in large fund flows out of Asia, but the CEO of Southeast Asia’s biggest lender, DBS, says its impact on...

China, Hong Kong and India are in a “high-risk danger zone” because their monetary policies have stayed too loose over the past four years, according to Nomura Holdings Inc.A June 28...

EUR/USD Today’s support: - 1.2870 and 1.2858(main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.2830, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.2809. Break of the latter would result in...

The Chinese economy is showing traits that you should be watching. The country is experiencing an economic slowdown unlike any it has ever seen before. The HSBC Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)...

There is still a solid resilience to the stock market and it’s based on global monetary stimulus combined with a sprinkling of economic news that institutional investors like.The willingness...