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Dollar, U.S. Stocks, and Treasury Yields Little Changed After Strong U.S. GDP Report

July 27, 2018

U.S. GDP expanded 4.1% last quarter at a seasonally adjusted annualized rate. That was the fastest quarterly pace since the third quarter of 2014, but analysts had anticipated such a figure. Personal consumption, non-residential investment and government spending climbed 4.0%, 7.3% and 2.1%, respectively. Net foreign demand augmented the growth rate by 1.1 percentage points […] More

Plenty of News to Focus Upon

April 27, 2018

The meeting between the presidents of South Korea and North Korea agreed to end their multi-decade war and to deescalate nuclear armament. Share prices in the Pacific Rim climbed 1.3% in New Zealand, 1.0% in Hong Kong, and 0.7% in Japan, South Korea, India and Australia. British GDP growth slowed more than forecast last quarter, […] More

Stronger Dollar on Jobs Day Amid Bursting Asset Bubbles

February 2, 2018

Overnight dollar gains have been led by 1.2% increases against the yen and Australian dollar, a 1.1% appreciation relative to the kiwi, and a 1.0% advance vis-a-vis the peso. The dollar also strengthened 0.8% versus the loonie and sterling, 0.6% against the Swiss franc and 0.5% relative to the euro. There was only a 0.1% […] More

Stronger Yen and Dollar ahead of U.S. GDP Figures

October 27, 2017

The earliest estimate of U.S. third-quarter GDP growth gets released shortly. Forecasters anticipate similar growth to the 3.1% result in 2Q. The dollar meanwhile has continued to strengthen against the euro (0.3% overnight) in response to contrasting monetary policies. Trump is expected to replace Yellen with a more hawkish person to lead the Fed, while yesterday’s […] More

May Day 2015

May 1, 2015

Many markets particularly in Europe are shut for May Day.  This has held down the usual flood of manufacturing PMIs on the first day of the month.  Japanese inflation picked up for the first time in almost a year, but Japan’s factory purchasing managers index edged below the no-change threshold. The British PMI printed significantly […] More

No Progress in U.S. Debt Ceiling Talks

July 25, 2011

Risk-on trading has returned.  The Swiss franc and yen rose 1.8% and 0.5% against the dollar, which has also slipped 0.2% against the euro and 0.1% relative to the Canadian and New Zealand dollars.  The dollar has firmed 0.1% against sterling and is unchanged versus the yuan.  Gold leaped 1.2% to $1620.20 per ounce. No […] More

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