Deeper Analysis
January 2021 in Figures
January 29, 2021
Sovereign debt yields rose more rapidly in North America than in Europe or Japan during January. Among central banks followed in this feature, no policy interest rates were changed this month. Equity selling in the final week of the month resulted in slight net losses for most markets in January, and newfound caution aided the […] More
Foreign Exchange Insights and Next Week
Next Week’s Menu: January 30-February 5, 2021
January 29, 2021
Central Banks: Monetary policy reviews in the U.K., Australia, Iceland, the Czech Republic, India, and Thailand. The quarterly Reserve Bank of Australia Monetary Policy Statement and Bank of England Inflation Report will be published, and Governors Lowe and Bailey will speak on those occasions. Williams and Rosengren are among those Fed officials who will be […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Steep Retreat Resumes in Equities; Lots of Data Reported in Final Session of January
January 29, 2021
Share prices fell 3.0% in South Korea, 2.0% in Indonesia, 1.9% in Japan, 1.8% in Taiwan, 1.3% in India, 0.9% in Hong Kong, and 0.6% in both Australia and China overnight. European markets and U.S. futures are down 1.0% or more. Efforts to halt the meteoric advance of shorted stocks like GameStop worked only briefly. […] More
