Market Overview

Futures Sightly Higher on Economic DataU.S. equity futures rose slightly in early pre-market trade following the strong employment report from the U.S. and better than expected services data from the...

If those in my beloved hometown of Boston “love that dirty water,” then similarly current management at my last stop on the sell side of Wall Street, that being JP Morgan, seem to...

With little economic data on the calendar early in the week, and the Fed speakers back-loaded at the Chicago Fed conference later in the week, there is time to reflect on other questions (unless, of...

...Ain’t no money in the cure. The money’s in the medicine... -- Chris Rock, U.S. comedian.The rise and fall of Bitcoins as a currency made headlines last month. As zany as the idea of a...

The euro's calm and largely flat session was interrupted by comments by the ECB's Draghi. His comments triggered a quick half-cent mark down of the single currency to almost $1.3050, but remained...

There are several central banks from the emerging markets that meet this week, but none are expected to change policy. In addition, the market will be watching Chinese data and Brazil's...

Summary• In real terms, retail trade grew at an annual rate of 1.2% in the first two months of 2013Q1 relative to 2012Q4. However, an indepth examination of retail sales by store category does...

The Czech economy remained in recession throughout 2012, with GDP contracting on average by 1.2% y/y. The main drag on growth last year was private consumption, which was hit by austerity measures...

The latest IMM data covers the week from 23 April to 30 April. Four trades continue to dominate: Short CAD, short JPY, short GBP and long the commodity currencies MXN and NZD. Back and forth in CHF:...

In our Global Macro Views in February, we highlighted the outlook for a U.S. soft patch, which is now materialising. We expect this soft patch to be fairly short due to positive inventory dynamics,...

Stronger-than-expected U.S. labour market data boosts confidence, and global stock markets rise.Prime Minister Razak won the Malaysian elections. Local markets rally on the news.Oil prices rise on...

Second-quarter US GDP is expected to increase 2.9% (real seasonally adjusted annual rate), according to The Capital Spectator’s average econometric nowcast. This is an initial estimate that uses...

The strong U.S. jobs data has inspired confidence in risk trading investors. Commodities have soared, as have the Asian stocks which are moving towards a ten-week high. Crude oil has risen for a third...