Euroland CPI
Intensifying Exodus from Equities
September 16, 2022
Led by a nearly 21% overnight plunge in Fed Ex shares, key U.S. stock market indices are down about 1%. Stock markets in the Pacific Rim had closed down 2.3% in China, 2.3% in China, 1.9% in Indonesia, 1.8% in India, 1.3% in Australia and 1.1% in Japan. The German Dax and Paris Cac are […] More
Dollar Trading Near 20-Year High as Markets Digest Data Storm
August 31, 2022
The dollar rose overnight by 0.5% against the Swiss franc and 0.4% versus sterling and continues to hover around parity with the euro. Equity markets closed down 0.8%, 0.6% and 0.4% in China, Singapore and Japan but climbed 2.7% in India and 1.0% in Taiwan. European stock markets are moderately lower, while U.S. share prices […] More
Central Banks See Little Alternative but to React to Elevated Inflation
August 18, 2022
The reinforcing cycle of high inflation and rising central bank interest rates has made a favorable environment for the dollar, which rose another 0.2% overnight against the yen, euro, yuan, peso and on a DXY weighted basis. The U.S. currency also climbed 0.4% versus the kiwi and 0.3% relative to the Swiss franc but is […] More
Corrective Dollar Move Extended
July 19, 2022
The weighted DXY dollar index slid another 0.8% overnight to a 2-week low and is 2.6% below its recent multi-decade peak. Dollar losses since Monday’s close equal or exceed 1.0% relative to the euro, Swiss franc, Australian dollar, New Zealand dollar and especially the Russian ruble (-5.8%). The dollar also lost 0.6% versus sterling and […] More
A Sign Emerges that Supply Constraints May Be Easing, but Investors Remain Bearish
July 1, 2022
Today’s been another fine day for the dollar. Thus far, the greenback shows gains of 1.6% against the Australian dollar, 1.5% versus the Swiss franc, 1.3% relative to the kiwi, 0.8% vis-a-vis sterling, 0.4% against the Canadian dollar but just 0.2% against the euro and zero percent against the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan. Equity […] More
Volatile End to a Volatile Week as Bank of Japan Declines to Join Bandwagon of Monetary Policy Tighteners
June 17, 2022
The weighted DXY dollar index is 0.8% firmer than at Thursday’s close but 1.3% below Wednesday’s multiyear high. Against individual currencies in overnight trading, the dollar jumped 1.9% against the Japanese yen but slumped 1.6% relative to the Russian ruble. The greenback also rose 0.9% versus the Australian dollar, 0.6% vis-a-vis sterling, 0.5% versus the […] More
Risk Aversion Returns
May 18, 2022
It’s not surprising that the investor move back into riskier assets over the prior three sessions proved to be short-lived because the reasons behind this year slide in equities and rise of the dollar hadn’t disappeared. The three main U.S. stock market indices are down 0.5-1.0% in futures trading. Smaller dips have occurred in Europe. […] More
European Consumer Confidence Taking a Hit from Putin’s War
April 21, 2022
Irish consumer sentiment sunk 9.3 index points in April to an 18-month low on top of a 10-point slide in March. At 57.7, the index has fallen from 86.8 a half year earlier. Danish consumer confidence printed at a 403-month low of minus 20.9 in April versus readings of -14.4 in March, -3.2 in February […] More
Inflation and Russian Invasion of Ukraine Casting Longer Shadows
March 17, 2022
Equities behaved in a widely diverse way overnight after the Fed enacted the first of many rate hikes. Share prices closed up by 7.0% in Hong Kong, 3.5% in Japan, 3.0% in Taiwan, 1.8% in India, 1.7% in China, and 1.1% in Australia. But stock markets so far are down this Thursday by 1.0% in […] More
Watching Developments in Ukraine and Awaiting Round One of Fed Chairman Powell’s Semi-Annual Humphrey-Hawkins Testimony
March 2, 2022
The high point of last night’s U.S. State of the Union address were the inspiring remarks about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and challenge such poses to democracy around the world. On domestic policy issues, President Biden took a deconstructed approach to the bundled package that failed to pass congress, and he cited several broad issues […] More
