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Uncertain Economics, Public Health, and Politics
February 4, 2021
Investors continue to grapple with uncertainty on several planes. Covid: The trend in new cases has slowed but remains well above what was seen in earlier waves of the pandemic. Hospitalizations are down, but two potential super-spreading events loom: the Chinese New Year holiday and Super Bowl Sunday in the United States. Vaccines are being […] More
Dollar’s Losses Extended Overnight
December 3, 2020
Compared to Wednesday closing levels, the dollar has weakened 0.7% against sterling, 0.5% versus the Swiss franc and Mexican peso, 0.4% relative to the euro and yen, 0.3% vis-a-vis the Australian dollar, 0.2% against the yuan and kiwi, and 0.1% versus the Canadian dollar. One currency that fell against the dollar has been the beleaguered […] More
U.S. Still Counting Votes as 24-Hour Rise Covid Cases and Deaths Exceed 107K and 1.1K
November 5, 2020
U.S. Election News: Biden’s electoral college count seems likely to reach 270 threshold. Trump is suing to halt counting of absentee ballots, and street protests against such action broke out in several cities overnight. Congress most likely will remain divided with Dems controlling the House and Republicans holding the Senate, but there too ballot counting […] More
Dollar Down Amid Worries about the President’s Medical Condition
October 5, 2020
Medical reports on President Trump have been opaque and not entirely truthful. He’s been put on steroids and other meds consistent with a possibly serious case of Covid-19. Today’s other attention-grabbing news has been reported progress in talks between the EU and U.K. over a post-Brexit trade arrangement. The dollar fell overnight by 0.9% against […] More
Upward Bounce in the Dollar
September 3, 2020
Dollar advances today amount to 0.6% against the Australian dollar and sterling, 0.5% versus the Canadian and New Zealand dollars, and 0.3% relative to the yen and euro. A new high in the dollar was touched against Turkey’s lira after investors learned that Turkish reserves have drained to a 15-year low. The Russian ruble is […] More
Price of Oil Jumps and Dollar Falters
August 5, 2020
Overnight declines in the dollar amount to 1.0% against the Mexican peso, 0.9% versus the Australian dollar, 0.6% relative to the euro, Swiss franc and loonie, 0.5% vis-a-vis the kiwi, yuan and sterling and 0.2% against the yen. The price of WTI oil leaped 3.2%, partly in response to an enormous explosion at the port […] More
Global Stock Market Rally
July 6, 2020
Share prices in Asia overnight leaped 5.7% in China, 3.8% in Hong Kong,1.8% in Japan, 1.7% in South Korea, 1.4% in Singapore and 1.3% in India. Key markets around Europe are currently up by 2.3% in Spain, 1.9% in Italy, 1.8% in Great Britain, 1.6% in France and Germany and 1.0% in Switzerland. A U.S. […] More
Strong Equity Rally and Dollar Downtrend Pause
June 4, 2020
Stock markets mostly rose in the Pacific Rim and Europe but only modestly for the most part in contrast to yesterday’s sharp advance. Just prior to the release of U.S. data this morning, U.S. stock futures were suggesting a downtick at the open. The dollar is unchanged from Wednesday closing levels against the euro, yen, […] More
Greater Focus on the Economic Devastation of the Covid-19 Pandemic
May 6, 2020
The dollar appreciated overnight by 0.7% against the Mexican peso, 0.5% versus the British pound and Chinese yuan, 0.4% relative to the euro, 0.3% vis-a-vis the loonie, but just 0.1% against the Swiss franc and Aussie dollar. The dollar also lost 0.3% against the Japanese yen. Japanese markets remained shut for the last of the […] More
A Steady Dollar
November 6, 2019
The dollar on balance remains near Tuesday closing levels. Gold is 0.3% firmer. The spate of recent increases in 10-year sovereign debt yields was reversed today with 3-basis point declines in U.S. Treasuries and British gilt yields and a dip of 1 basis point in the 10-year German bund yield. The Japanese 10-year JGB yield, […] More
