It was 50 years ago today that Nixon met at Camp David with Fed Chair Arthur Burns, incoming Treasury Secretary John Connally, and then Undersecretary for…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap The second graph above tells the story nicely: by and large it was a reversal day in the FX…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap The eagerly awaited US consumer price index (CPI) yesterday had a mixed result: the headline figure was exactly as…
The seemingly inexorable decline in global bond yields continued over the last week. US yields are retesting the recent lows set back in July. In Germany,…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap Not that much action in FX overnight. While the Euro STOXX 600, S&P 500, and NASDAQ all hit record…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap Well, I was wrong about the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) but looking at the market’s reaction, I think…
It’s yet another US nonfarm payrolls week. This indicator has always been the biggie of the month, but now with US inflation well above the Fed’s…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap There’s a saying in Japanese, “A woman’s heart is as changeable as the autumn sky.” Putting aside the obvious…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap Wow! The dollar got absolutely CLOBBERED! Moreover, it’s hard to attribute the move – pin the blame? – on…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap Another day of relatively modest movements in the FX market. The focus is clearly on the stock markets, which…
