The recent hawkish FOMC minutes were enough to drive back up the USD and bring down equities as the markets adjusted expectations regarding a possible rate hike. This week’s main reports and events include: U.S. core durable goods, EU manufacturing…
The recent NFP report didn’t present, yet again, a clear picture as to where the U.S. labor market is heading: Wages went up but job growth didn’t meet market estimates. This week, the JOLTS report will provide another look at…
The labor market in the U.S. isn’t slowing down as the recent NFP showed another gain of 215K and a modest bump in wages. The markets are likely to keep digesting this news at the beginning of the week. Looking…
The U.S. dollar, equities and oil prices bounced back last week as the bearish sentiment has subsided, mostly fueled by some positive U.S. reports: The GDP for Q4 showed a gain of 1% — higher than the first estimate and…
Markets are certainly in movement: we start by the making sense of the NFP, continue with the BOJ’s negative rates, advance to the impact of snowzilla on natural gas and finish with a preview for the next events. You are welcome…
Another turbulent week ended with falling and then rising equities and commodities prices – mostly oil. Well, this week isn’t likely to be much different so expect more high volatility on all fronts. The main events of the week come…
The NFP report was much better than expected with headline figure of 292K jobs – the expectations were set much lower at 203K. But market concerns over China’s economic woes kept weighing on equities and commodities. On this week’s agenda:…
The first week of the year is upon us. This means markets return to function normally. This week entails several important reports that could drive back up market volatility. Some of these reports include: The U.S. NFP report, minutes of…
The recent recovery of the U.S. dollar also led to a fall in commodities prices including oil, gold, copper and silver. Even though the market is more incline to believe the Fed will raise rates in December, it doesn’t seem…
We start by confronting the catastrophe called NFP and its implications. We then continue to Japan’s worsening outlook and easing prospects, follow with natural gas as autumn leaves settle in and preview the big events coming up. You are welcome to…