Rates as of 05:30 GMT Market Recap That was a surprise! US Q1 GDP was expected to have risen +1.0% qoq SAAR in Q1 but instead…
Browsing: Christine Lagarde
Rates as of 05:30 GMT Market Recap USD kept powering ahead as US yields rose further. The two-year yield, which is sensitive to expected changes in…
Rates as of 06:30 GMT Market Recap The focus now is on China and the prospects of further lockdowns there as COVID-19 cases surge and parts…
Rates as of 06:30 GMT Market Recap French President Macron won a second term, the first French president to achieve that goal in two decades. Preliminary…
Rates as of 06:30 GMT Market Recap US Fed Chair Powell gave the markets a kick when he suggested the Fed is likely to hike 50…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap Rarely have I seen one currency so dominate the day’s activity! Most currencies were little changed – the trade-weighted…
Rates as of 05:00 GMT Market Recap Conflicting signs. On the one hand, investors were encouraged about the US economy yesterday thanks to higher-than-expected US housing…
Rates as of 06:30 GMT Market Recap JPY keeps sinking (USD/JPY keeps moving higher)! Verbal intervention from Bank of Japan Gov. Kuroda and Japan Finance Minister…
Rates as of 06:30 GMT Market Recap Hard to pin a reason on movements when other markets are largely closed While trading in most government bonds…
Rates as of 06:00 GMT Market Recap Another day of “monetary policy divergence.” The European Central Bank (ECB) met yesterday and did exactly what was expected…