Euroland PPI and unemployment
Investors Being Cautious Amid Elevated Economic and Geopolitical Uncertainty
January 8, 2026
Yesterday’s declines in equity prices have been extended. U.S. stock futures are around 0.5% lower prior to the release of U.S. statistics today of jobless insurance claims, the trade balance, consumer price expectations and labor productivity, as well as tomorrow’s most eagerly awaited labor situation figures. Stock markets in Asia closed down 1.6% in Japan, […] More
U.K./EU Trade Talks and U.S. Fiscal Stimulus Negotiations Getting Late
December 2, 2020
Time is fast running out for post-Brexit trade talks between the European Union and British government and for U.S. congressional fiscal stimulus negotiations. Both of these remain bogged down, and failure to compromise would have adverse short-term economic implications. Investors are becoming more uneasy. Sterling dropped 0.9% against the dollar overnight, and U.S. and European […] More
U.S. Urban Protests Persist but So Does Equity Rally
June 3, 2020
U.S. city protests extended last night into an eight day but became more peaceful. Moreover, investors continued to buy up stocks in anticipation of business reopening. The rise in share prices continues to be a global phenomenon and not limited to the United States. In the Pacific Rim, share prices rose Wednesday by 3.4% in […] More
