New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Generally Quiet Financial Markets This Morning
June 7, 2021
Compared to Friday closing levels, the U.S. dollar is unchanged against the yuan and euro, 0.1% softer versus the yen, loonie, Swissie and sterling, and down 0.2% relative to the Australian and New Zealand dollars. Stock markets in Asia closed down 0.5% in Hong Kong and 0.4% in Taiwan but up by 0.8% in Singapore, […] More
Foreign Exchange Insights and Next Week
Next Week’s Menu: June 5 – 11, 2021
June 5, 2021
Central Banks: Monetary policy meetings are scheduled for the coming week at the European Central Bank and in Russia, Serbia, Peru, Poland and Canada. ECB President Lagarde, Bank of Canada Governor Macklem, Bank of England MPC member Haldane, and Reserve Bank of Australia Assistant Governor Kent are a few of the central bankers who will […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Marking Time Ahead of U.S. Monthly Jobs Report
June 4, 2021
Financial markets were marking time overnight. The dollar was virtually unchanged but at multi-week highs, with no net movement against its DXY weighted index, a dip of 0.2% versus the yen and a 0.1% uptick relative to the euro. The price of gold was flat, while that of WTI oil had firmed merely 0.2%. U.S. […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Investor Anxiety on Multiple Fronts
June 3, 2021
Investor concern about runaway inflation keeps getting fed by fresh data. Today’s menu of May purchasing manager survey reports revealed record input inflation in many cases, intensifying capacity constraints, and input price inflation bleeding into output charges. A further 4-percentage point acceleration of Turkish producer price inflation to a 30-month high of 38.2% in May […] More
Foreign Exchange Insights and Next Week
The Dollar this Summer: Questions and Some Things to Know
June 2, 2021
Movements in the dollar between the U.S. Memorial Day and Labor Day holidays, which define the “summer” trading season, sometimes play differently than at other times of the year. As market participants take vacations, trading desks may lighten, lending an erratic element to the market’s pulse at times, particularly in the face of unexpected events.. […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Good Day for the Dollar and a Bad One for the Turkish Lira
June 2, 2021
The U.S. dollar strengthened 0.4% against its weighted DXY index overnight, advancing by 0.6% relative to the Swiss franc, 0.5% versus the Australian and New Zealand dollars, 0.4% against the euro, and 0.3% vis-a-vis the Japanese yen. Among the major currencies, only the British pound (+0.1%) outperformed the dollar. At the other extreme, the Turkish […] More
Deeper Analysis
U.S. ISM PMI in Manufacturing and Euroland’s IHS PMI Compared
June 1, 2021
The ISM-compiled purchasing managers index rose half an index point to 61.2 in May, while the IHS-compiled euro area PMI edged 0.2 points higher to 63.1. The differential between the two compilations became 0.3 points less favorable toward Euroland. Each survey signifies historically robust activity, and so does IHS’s U.S. index, which climbed 0.6 points […] More
Central Bank Watch
Reserve Bank of Australia Maintaining Monetary Accommodation
June 1, 2021
Board members at the Reserve Bank of Australia left the Official Cash Rate at a record low of 0.10%, its level since a 15-basis point cut six months ago. This was the expected decision and was made in spite of a red-hot property market. A released statement from Governor Lowe reaffirms the commitment to keeping […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
June Opens on Hopeful Note
June 1, 2021
Manufacturing purchasing managers survey results reveal record growth in many cases, robust business optimism, but also inflationary pressure from demand outstripping supply. Euroland’s factory sector PMI was revised even higher to a record reading of 63.1. The Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Ireland, and Italy all scored above 62.0, and the lowest reading in the group — […] More
