French and Italian consumer confidence
Dollar Recovers Some Ground
November 25, 2022
The dollar rose overnight by 0.6% against the yen, Swiss franc, and both Australian and New Zealand dollars. The dollar also climbed 0.5% versus the euro and 0.4% relative to the Canadian dollar and sterling. U.S. financial markets will close early today at 13:0o EST for equity trading and 14:00 EST (19:00 GMT) in the […] More
Slightly Softer Dollar but Higher Share Prices Ahead of FOMC Announcement
July 27, 2022
The FOMC statement due at 18:00 GMT today will be followed by Powell’s press conference 30 minutes later. Fed forecasts are not being updated at this meeting, and officials are widely expected to raised the fed funds target by 75 more basis points to 2.25-2.50%, which would more or less align such with what is […] More
Softer Bond and Stock Values Ahead of Powell Testimony
February 27, 2018
Monday saw a big U.S. stock market rally, but equities overnight fell in contrast by 1.1% in China, 1.3% in Hong Kong, 0.3% in India, 0.2% in Taiwan and 0.1% in South Korea. In Europe, stocks so far have declined 1.0% in Greece, 0.5% in Switzerland, and 0.3% in Germany. A notable exception to the […] More
