The week started with great promise: a G7 Finance Ministers and central bank governors conference call to deal with the coronavirus menace. But what came out…
After a relatively empty schedule last week, there’s a lot more going on this coming week. I fear though that it’s likely to be drowned out…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap Extremely volatile day, with stocks higher and then lower during the day. Currencies moved far more than usual. Oil,…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap Generally a “risk on” day after China announced it was considering more stimulus measures to support the economy, such…
Trade disputes, Brexit, US poitics…it’s all disappeared. The market is now dominated by the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and its potential impact on the Chinese economy in…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap A relatively quiet day for data and an absence of headlines about the coronavirus led to a “risk on”…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap The “Brexit honeymoon” period didn’t last long! The first full working day after Brexit and the market finally realized…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market recap Yesterday’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting was as uneventful as expected. As usual, Fed Chair Powell said monetary…
Rates as of 06:00 GMT Market Recap More of the same – “risk off” moves sending the safe-haven JPY and CHF higher and the growth-sensitive commodity…
Rates as of 05:30 GMT Market Recap A double whammy for CAD! First off, the Bank of Canada (BoC) statement was extremely dovish, contrary to what…
