Foreign Exchange Insights and Next Week
Dollar Reflections on a Snowy Day Early in January
January 4, 2018
Economic fundamentals improved last year in the United States and many other countries. Real activity grew faster. Inflation pivoted away from being troublesomely low to levels that still remained weaker than desired but ones that permitted monetary policy normalization to proceed gradually. Current account surpluses were experienced in the usual suspects such as Germany, Switzerland, […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Leaping Equities
January 4, 2018
The spirited surge in equities was extended in overnight trading, with Japan’s first session of the new year posting a 741-point or 3.3% rise in the Nikkei-225 index. Share prices also climbed 1.1% in Singapore, 0.8% in Hong Kong, 0.7% in Indonesia and 0.5% in India and China. With the baton passing to Europe, stocks […] More
