The ongoing concerns over China’s economic growth has dragged down the U.S. stock markets and energy prices have also declined. The minutes of the last FOMC meeting didn’t offer a lot of insight either than keeping the markets guessing on…
China continues to raise voices of concern over its progress, Greece’s troubles are far from over (the talks over the debt restructuring should start this week) and Iran’s impact on the oil market is still unclear now that a nuclear…
It was supposed to be short week that will focus on the latest non-farm payroll report, alas the Greeks will take center stage again as they will have a referendum on the proposed bailout plan set on July 5th. Athens plead…
The recent FOMC meeting and the ongoing saga around the Greek debt crisis, have kept pushing down the U.S. dollar against leading currencies and brought slightly up precious metals prices. These issues will continue to lead to news cycle and…
The U.S. dollar changed course and rallied against the Japanese yen, Aussie dollar and Canadian dollar and remained nearly flat against the Euro. The GDP for Q1, second estimate, was released on Friday and showed a contraction of 0.7% —…
This week will be short on account of Memorial Day, but this doesn’t mean we could see a rise in volatility following the end of the long weekend in the U.S. financial markets. On this week’s agenda: U.S. durable goods,…
The U.S. dollar resumed its descent while precious metals kept coming down. But this could all change if the FOMC were to surprise the market in its forthcoming statement. On this week’s agenda in the U.S: FOMC meeting, GDP for…
The U.S. dollar took another tumble against leading currencies such as Euro, Japanese yen and Aussie dollar. On this week’s agenda in the U.S: Durable goods, existing home sales, and jobless claims. In Europe: Euro group meetings, BOE rate decision,…
Even though last week was short, the NFP report came out on Friday and surprised analysts – only 126K jobs were added, which was well below market estimates. This news is likely to resonate in the markets on Monday and…
The financial markets shifted focus from Yellen to Yemen, which kept the high volatility mainly over the rising tensions in the Middle East. This week, the main report will to be released is the NF payroll. Other U.S. reports include:…