Foreign Exchange Insights and Next Week
Next Week’s Menu: March 2 – 8, 2024
March 1, 2024
Central Banks: Central banks with scheduled interest rate policy reviews in the coming week include those in Canada, Poland, Malaysia, Serbia, Peru and, most importantly, the European Central Bank. Bank of Canada Governor Macklem and ECB President Lagarde will hold press conferences after their meeting. The Federal Reserve will also be active next week, with […] More
Deeper Analysis
February 2024 in Figures
March 1, 2024
February 2024 was another strong month for global equities and the dollar and a spectacularly good one for holders of Bitcoin. None of the major central banks in the table below changed their reference interest rates. Outside that group, central banks cut rates by a full percentage point in Hungary and by 50 basis points […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Lots of Economic Data Around the World to Start New Month
March 1, 2024
U.S. stock futures are marginally softer after Yesterday’s rally. This contrasts with share price gains of 1.9% in Japan, 0.7% in India, 0.6% in Australia and the U.K. so far, 0.5% in Hong Kong and Germany so far and 0.4% in China. Whereas the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield has shed two basis points, comparable yields […] More
