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Dollar Strengthens Amid Bad Vibes from Ceasefire Talks and Tense U.S. Politics
May 19, 2026
In there deepening impasse, the U.S. and Iranian negotiators have seemingly moved further away from any willingness to compromise their demands. Trump claims to have postponed a planned obliteration of Iran to give peace one last chance, but Iranian negotiators treated his revelation as a bluff. Trump, too, seems to be holding fewer cards, as […] More
Calm Markets in Face of Approaching Tariff Witching Hour
July 16, 2025
The dollar dipped 0.1% overnight against the yen, euro, sterling and Australian dollar but edged 0.1% versus the Swiss franc, kiwi and Turkish lira. The Canadian dollar is flat, while the Korean won lost 0.3%. 10-year sovereign debt yields slid a basis point in Germany, France and Italy, rose a basis point in Japan and […] More
Other Economies Attracting Interest as U.S. Steers an Isolationist Course
March 18, 2025
Once again, stock markets in Europe are flashing green, with overnight advances of at least 1.0% in Germany, Italy and Spain. In the Pacific Rim, the Hang Seng of Hong Kong, Sensex of India and Japanese Nikkei closed up 2.5%, 1.5% and 1.2% while markets in Singapore, Taiwan and New Zealand recorded gains of 0.9%, […] More
Quiet Monday So Far Aside from Large Gains in Tesla and Crypto
November 18, 2024
The weighted DXY dollar index has ticked 0.1% higher due to a 0.7% rise against the yen but mitigated by marginal dips against the euro, Swissy, and sterling. DOW and SPX futures are little changed, while a 3% advance in Tesla and a 1% rise in Bitcoin reflect President-Elect Trump’s transactional approach to governance. Most […] More
A Time for Waiting
November 15, 2021
Meaningful data were reported Monday in Japan and China, but investors chose to maintain an advent posture pending other pieces of information that could emerge in the next 24-hour period. These include a virtual summit between Presidents Joe Biden of the U.S. and Xi Jinping of China that is intended to quell mounting tension between […] More
Market’s Initial Reaction to American Rescue Plan Not Favorable
January 15, 2021
U.S. stock futures point to a decline of at least 0.5% at the open. Stock markets closed Friday with losses of 2.0% in South Korea, 1.1% in India, 0.9% in Indonesia, 0.8% in New Zealand, 0.6% in Taiwan and Japan. Equities are currently down about 1% in the U.K., Germany, France and Spain. The 10-year […] More
Much New Data for Investors to Digest
August 14, 2020
Today’s been one of those Friday’s with a significant body of economic data releases both from both a quantitative and qualitative standpoint. Prior to the U.S. contingent of releases, the dollar overnight had dropped 0.4% against sterling and 0.3% relative to sterling but risen by 0.2% against the Canadian and Australian dollars and 0.1% vis-a-vis […] More
More Weak Data around the Globe
August 16, 2019
New Zealand’s manufacturing purchasing managers index fell below the neutral threshold of “50” for the first time since September 2012, with a reading of 48.2 in July after 51.1 in June. U.S. housing starts dropped 4.0% in July to a 5-month low of 1,191 million units. This was only 0.6% greater than in July 2018. […] More
Down Goes the British Pound
November 15, 2018
With British Prime Minister Theresa May facing a vote of no confidence and several of her cabinet ministers resigning in protest against her Brexit deal, sterling slumped 1.5% overnight against both the dollar and euro. Weak British retail sales data were also released today, showing an unexpected 0.5% on-month drop in total sales (+2.2% on […] More
U.S. Markets Shut but Dollar Still Slides
January 15, 2018
The United States is observing the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. President Trump once again rejected the criticism that he’s a racist. The Bank of Japan has held a quarterly branch managers meeting and published its regional economic report. Three of the nine regions are experiencing improved conditions. Two regions are expanding, four are expanding […] More
