Market Overview

For this issue of Danske's FX Thermometer , clients were asked: (1) rate your central bank's performance, (2) should the Fed, in your opinion, cut rates this year? and (3) do you expect the Riksbank...

Market Drivers June 19, 2019 The market waits for FOMC UK CPI on line Nikkei 1.72% Dax -0.05% UST 10Y 2.06% Oil $53/bbl Gold $1342/oz. 10Y 2.08% Europe and Asia: GBP UK CPI 0.3% vs. 0.3% North...

Prospects for the economic growth in Mexico are deteriorating, owing to slower economic activity in the US, a tight fiscal stance and a persistent weakness in private investment. Real GDP growth for...

Overview: Risk-taking was bolstered by the dramatic shift in Draghi's rhetoric less than two weeks after the ECB meeting and a Trump's tweet announcing that there was going to be an "extended" meeting...

Market focusTensions around trade wars subsided following news reports that both the US and China leaders are set to hold an ‘extended meeting’ next week at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan....

The Federal Reserve will announce its latest monetary policy decision today. Investors will look for any signal that policymakers intend to cut at the meeting.Last week’s weak inflation reports...

After a quiet start to the week, the markets were treated to two major themes on Tuesday.Equities posted some gains after reports that U.S. President Trump will be meeting with Chinese Premier Xi on...

Market movers today Following ECB President Mario Draghi's hint at future easing yesterday, it is today the Fed's turn to turn more dovish. At the FOMC meeting tonight we look for the Fed to open the...

ECB president Mario Draghi moves financial markets again, opening the door wide for new monetary stimulus. Today's speech marks a remarkable u-turn for global central banks, but only time will tell if...

Dot projections in the spotlightAs the FOMC meets tomorrow, investors are bracing for a dovish shift in the monetary stance, as highlighted by our economists in “Fed to signal cuts are...

The U.S. trucking industry has not experienced a downturn of this magnitude since the last financial crisis, and this is one of the clearest signs yet that the U.S. economy is steamrolling into a...

Oil Markets With oil markets languishing and pricing in the worst of worst-case scenarios around global growth and tariffs. Traders were caught entirely flat-footed and severely under positioned on...

Trump’s Fed browbeating effectWhile I have about as much idea about what the Feds will do tonight as the guy selling lottery tickets at the corner shop, but what I can say with a high degree of...

As our research team continues to pour over the charts and look for any signs of direction regarding tomorrow’s Fed news, we put together a couple the charts that may highlight some expectations...