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Lull in Data Flow Slows Pulse of Market Activity
December 4, 2025
Thursday has been a comparatively inconsequential trading session. The dollar is narrowly mixed, dropping 0.3% against sterling but ticking 0.1% higher relative to the euro and yen. U.S. equities are holding but not extending yesterday’s rise. Japan’s Nikkei-225 played catchup, jumping 2.3%, and the Hang Seng closed 0.7% stronger. Stock markets in Germany, Spain and […] More
Financial Markets Come Out of Summer in a Foreboding Mood
September 2, 2025
On this first U.S. business day of September, the dollar rallied strongly but only because of a wave of risk aversion sweeping through world financial markets. Overnight dollar gains include advances of 1.4% against sterling, 1.1% relative to the yen, 1.0% versus the kiwi, 0.9% vis-a-vis the Aussie dollar, 0.7% against the euro and 0.5% […] More
Service Sector PMI Surveys and a Whole Lot More Data This Wednesday
March 3, 2021
The dollar overnight rose 1.0% against the Mexican peso, 0.5% relative to the New Zealand dollar, 0.4% versus the Aussie dollar, 0.3% against sterling 0.2% on a trade-weighted basis and 0.1% versus the yen and loonie. Sterling has remained steady on net, by contrast, continuing a pattern of comparative strength since the start of this […] More
