Market Overview

The modest pace of the U.S. economic recovery has a silver lining, as the expansion shows signs of lasting almost twice as long as average.Four years into the upswing, the economy isn’t seeing...

The week ahead in Asia will see a raft of central bank meetings, starting off with Japan and followed by Malaysia, New Zealand, South Korea, Indonesia and the Philippines.The Bank of Japan kicks off a...

China’s trade, inflation and lending data for May all trailed estimates, signaling weaker global and domestic demand that will test the nation’s leaders’ resolve to forgo short-term...

Japan’s economy grew more than the government initially forecast in the first quarter, helping Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to sustain confidence in his campaign to defeat deflation.Gross domestic...

Low volatility had a bad month in May, and there has been a slew of commentary on this - see Abnormal Returns for a bunch of links. Deutsche Bank's 'The Quant View' by Rochester Cahan summarized the...

EUR/USD Today’s support: - 1.3185 and 1.3148(main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.3118, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.3083. Break of the latter would result in...

The rate curve implied by the Fed Funds futures steepened considerably over the past month. The market now anticipates the Fed will raise the overnight rate in May 2015. A month ago, the expectation...

The OECD recently updated its 2013 projection of government deficits for their tracked countries. The latest results show Japan running the largest fiscal deficit by far. The U.K. is number 4 on the...

There are many events and economic reports that can roil the market in the days ahead. Yet, just as importantly, there are already forces at play that will shape market developments. Here are 8...

We get it. According to the UK Tory-led government the best person in the world to head up the Bank of England is Canada's central bank governor Carney. He takes the reins the beginning of next month....

Most countries report economic data over a course of a month. China releases most of it a couple of days and this weekend was such a period. To summarize, China reported weaker imports and exports,...

The BoJ will without doubt, be discussing a possible response to recent volatility in the financial markets. The target for expansion of the monetary base is expected to be maintained at 60-70...

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The Canadian economy economy added the most jobs in more than a decade in May led by full-time employment ranging from construction to retailing, suggesting resilience in domestic demand while foreign...