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Tension on Several Fronts but Market Moves Muted Overnight
January 14, 2021
President Trump has been impeached by the House of Representatives for the second time in 13 months. The Senate trial will commence soon after he leaves office. New Covid cases and deaths remain highly elevated in many countries. The British daily death toll set a record yesterday. Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda said monetary stimulus […] More
Investor Mood Lifted by Vaccine Hopes and U.S. Transition Go-Ahead
November 24, 2020
The U.S. dollar is grinding lower but slowly and in an orderly fashion. The currency dropped 0.8% and 0.7%, respectively, overnight against the New Zealand and Australian dollars overnight but by only 0.2% relative to the euro and loonie, and it held steady versus the yen and sterling. Favorable vaccine news has created a sense […] More
Some Encouraging U.S.-Sino Trade News Fans Investor Sentiment Further
August 25, 2020
Equity markets had rallied strongly on Monday and then received a further lift overnight from the news that U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators reported progress and reaffirmed that the Phase I trade deal remains effective. In other overnight developments, The Republican Party National Convention kicked off with loads of fear-mongering directed at the Democratic Party […] More
Holiday Closures Hit Pause Button
May 25, 2020
Markets on Monday lacked direction due to holiday observances in the United States for Memorial Day, Great Britain for its late Spring bank holiday, and many Islamic countries where Ramadan’s end is being celebrated. The dollar is unchanged from Friday’s close against the euro, Swiss franc, loonie and kiwi, while changes versus the yen, sterling, […] More
COVID-19 Continues to Dominate World and Market News
February 25, 2020
Confirmed worldwide coronavirus infections and deaths now total 80,348 and 2707. 77,600 and 2663 of these are in China, but the disease continues to spread with Croatia and Austria reporting their initial instances, South Korea and Italy having 977 and 229 infections, and Iran’s deputy health minister becoming one of the casualties. The WHO warned […] More
Continuing Confusion over Status of U.S.-Sino Trade Dispute
August 27, 2019
Monday’s mixed signals about whether there had been a weekend overture between Trump and Chinese officials to resume trade talks has not been clarified. The yuan meanwhile slid another 0.1% on net and touched an intra-day low of 7.1692 per dollar, 4.0% lower than its end-July value. Against other key currencies overnight, the dollar fell […] More
Getting Down to Crunch Time in Sino-U.S. Trade Talks
February 22, 2019
Stocks fell Thursday on some disappointing U.S. economic data but have rebounded Friday, as investors are choosing to believe that Sino-U.S. trade talks will reach an agreement averting an escalation of the tariff war. Share prices rose 1.9% in China, 1.2% in Hong Kong, and 0.5% in Australia, and European bourses are up by 0.5% […] More
Oil Prices Sink Sharply to One-Year Low
November 23, 2018
The price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil dived 6.9% to $50.44 per barrel. Gold has fallen 0.4%. There was no trading in Japan due to the Labor Thanksgiving holiday. The dollar edged 0.2% lower against the yen overnight but rose 0.4% against the euro, 0.3% relative to sterling, and 0.2% vis-a-vis the Swiss franc. […] More
Dollar Down, Stocks Mixed Ahead of Powell’s Speech at Jackson Hole
August 24, 2018
The dollar posted overnight declines of 0.7% against the Aussie currency, 0.5% relative to the Chines yuan, 0.4% against the kiwi, 0.3% vis-a-vis the euro and sterling, 0.2% versus the Mexican peso and Swiss franc and 0.1% relative to the loonie. Share prices in the Pacific Rim rose 0.9% in Japan, 0.5% in South Korea, […] More
Turkey Attempts to Stop Lira’s Rout… Other Geopolitical Strains Simmer
May 24, 2018
The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey hiked the late liquidity window interest rate by three full percentage points to 16.5% after the Monetary Policy Committee held an unscheduled meeting. The lira had been plunging in one-sided market conditions but rebounded over 6% following the announcement. Italian Prime Minister-Designate Conti met with party leaders, […] More
