Due to the Thanksgiving Public Holiday in the US this week, the closing times of certain assets are subject to changes on Thursday 25th November 2021…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap Financial markets were shaken on Friday by two things. One, three voting members of the rate-setting Federal Open Market…
We’ve heard a lot about inflation. Next Thursday is Thanksgiving Day in the US, the biggest national holiday, when much of the country gathers together and…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap A fairly quiet day in the currency market, with only EUR and JPY showing movements worth talking about. EUR…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap It’s easy to understand why GBP did well yesterday. UK inflation is soaring – up 4.2% yoy from 3.1%…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap Better-than-expected US retail sales figures encouraged an optimistic view of the US economy, sending US stocks further into record…
In late October, Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the company’s plan to change the name of its parent company to ‘Meta’, in an effort to rebrand…
Inflation is the topic that just keeps on giving. It used to be that every Thursday I’d start panicking. “What should I write about this week?”…
So… the Fed finally tapered! OK, now what do we talk about? Now we start speculating about “lift-off” – the time when they start raising interest…
The Fed is widely – if not unanimously – expected to begin tapering down its $120bn-a-month bond purchases this week, aiming to end them by next…
