Euroland PPI and retail sales
Dollar Continues to Weaken as Trump Monopolizes News Feeds
August 6, 2025
Since late Tuesday, the dollar has fallen 0.4% against the euro, kiwi and on a weighted DXY basis. The greenback has also dropped 0.8% vis-a-vis the Mexican peso , 0.3% versus the Australian dollar and 0.2% relative to sterling, the Turkish lira and Canadian dollar. The SPX, DOW and Nasdaq have risen around 0.5%, but […] More
Softer Dollar… No Respite from Trade War Threat
July 3, 2018
A left-leaning candidate and critic of U.S. President Trump, Andrea Manuel Lopez Obrador, scored a huge win in Mexico’s presidential election with a majority 53% of the popular vote. Terms are for six years. The peso rallied on the news. A U.S. sanction-enforced program against Iran has WTI oil trading above $75.0 per barrel for […] More
The Fickle Nature of Investor Anxiety about a Trade War
April 5, 2018
Flip-flopping attitudes about the likelihood of a full-fledged intensifying trade war between China and the United States continues to be a big source of day-to-day changes in market behavior. There was panic earlier this week. Today, investors believe Trump and Jinping will negotiate a truce and forestall a trade meltdown. One problem with such optimism […] More
