China current account
Markets Hopeful Ahead of U.S. Labor Market Data
November 4, 2022
Analysts are expecting the Labor Department’s October figures to show lessening jobs growth, a higher jobless rate, and some deceleration of wage inflation. Yield curve inversion is getting more attention. U.S. stock futures have risen more than 0.5% following sharp post-FOMC losses. A second source of hope comes from China where expectations are mounting of […] More
Many Investors Revising Expected Fed Tightening Upward as Inflationary Pressure Spreads and Other Central Banks Move Aggressively
February 11, 2022
There were further repercussions today in the aftermath of Thursday’s U.S. January CPI release. Some analysts now think that the federal funds rate could be hiked at every remaining FOMC meeting this year, and there’s been more speculation over the possibility of larger incremental moves than the standard of 25 basis points. The ten-year U.S. […] More
Deluge of Politics and Economics at Midyear
June 30, 2016
Today’s Brexit bombshell is that the Leave movement’s leader, Boris Johnson, pulled out of the running to be Britain’s next prime minister and the person to decide when to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which guides the unprecedented countdown for exiting the European Union. Johnson’s decision presumably will further delay what happens from […] More
