British GDP and current account
Revised U.S. and British GDP Figures, Record High PPI Reports, and a Big Czech Central Bank Rate Hike
December 22, 2021
Market activity so far this Wednesday has been less volatile than in recent days. The weighted DXY dollar index settled back 0.2% and was around overnight lows at the time of the U.S. stock market opening. The dollar has fallen 0.5% against the Australian dollar, Turkish lira and sterling but just 0.2% relative to the […] More
End of Third Quarter 2021
September 30, 2021
The DXY weighted dollar dipped 0.1% overnight but experienced a quarterly advance of around 2.5%. In the Pacific Rim, share prices on the final trading day of the quarter rose 1.9% in Australia, 1.4% in New Zealand, 2.0% in Indonesia, and 0.9% in China but fell by 0.4% in Hong Kong and 0.3% in Japan. […] More
Dollar and Equities Little Changed, but Considerable Data Were Released on this Final Day of 2Q
June 30, 2021
The dollar remained unchanged overnight against its DXY weighted index, the yen, loonie and sterling and shows an uptick of 0.1% relative to the euro and Australian dollar. The dollar nonetheless is headed for a strong advance in the second quarter, reflecting Covid trends and a tweaking of Fed forward guidance toward an earlier tapering […] More
Digesting the Debate and a Slew of Quarter-End Data
September 30, 2020
Last night’s U.S. presidential debate was violently repulsive and leaves an embarrassing after-taste. The dollar hasn’t reacted discernibly, however, with gains of 0.3% against the euro and Swiss franc and 0.2% relative to sterling, no net change relative to the Japanese yen, and dips of 0.1% vis-a-vis the loonie, Aussie dollar and yuan. There have […] More
Some Setbacks, Many Data Reports, and Powell to Testify
June 30, 2020
After a big gain on Monday, U.S. equity futures point to a lower Tuesday open. In Europe so far, share prices have settled back 0.7% in the U.K. and Spain, 0.4% in Italy, 0.3% in Switzerland and 0.1% in France. In the Pacific Rim, markets closed up 1.4% in Australia, 1.9% in New Zealand, 1.3% […] More
Typical Monthend Deluge of Data
September 30, 2019
On this final day of September and the third quarter, the dollar and sterling rose somewhat against other major currencies. The dollar is up 0.5% against the Swiss franc, 0.4% relative to the euro and kiwi, 0.3% vis-a-vis the yuan, 0.2% versus the Australian dollar and peso and 0.1% against the yen and loonie. Sterling […] More
Dollar Stages Moderate Rebound
December 21, 2018
Broad dollar gains overnight amount to 0.6% against the kiwi, 0.4% relative to the loonie and euro, 0.3% vis-a-vis the peso, Swiss franc, and yuan, 0.2% versus the Australian dollar and 0.1% relative to sterling. Dollar/yen is unbalanced. In the continuing follies that markets have come to expect from the U.S. government, Defense Secretary Mattis […] More
Quarter-End Rush of Data, Italian Fiscal Concerns, and U.S. Supreme Court Drama
September 28, 2018
The new populist government of Five Star in Italy passed a stimulative budget, with a deficit equal to 2.4% of GDP and well above what Italy’s Euroland colleagues wanted to see. In response, the country’s 10-year sovereign debt yield leaped 33 basis points to 3.22%, while the comparable Greek sovereign debt yield went up 16 […] More
Dollar Down a Bit, Stocks Go a Little Higher
March 29, 2018
The dollar has slipped 0.4% against the yen, 0.3% relative to the Aussie currency, 0.2% versus the peso, yuan and loonie, and 0.1% vis-a-vis the euro and Swiss franc. The dollar also edged up 0.1% against sterling overnight. British real GDP growth last quarter was confirmed to have risen 0.4%, down from a 0.5% increase […] More
Bank Share Price Woes Escalate as Quarter Draws to a Close
September 30, 2016
There’s been the usual cornucopia of data releases on the final business day of the calendar quarter, but the big story of the day involves Deutsche Bank, whose share price is down nearly 10%. Deutsche’s woes are dragging down other stocks in the global financial sector despite supposed safeguards built into the system in the […] More
