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Dollar Extends Gains
August 16, 2022
In spite of some weak data, the dollar climbed another 0.3% overnight relative to the euro and on a DXY weighted basis. The greenback also strengthened 0.6% versus the yen, 0.8% vis-a-vis the kiwi, 0.4% against the Swiss franc and Australian dollar and 0.2% versus the peso, yuan, and sterling. U.S. equities had risen on […] More
Market Pounding Lets Up but Respite Unlikely to Endure
May 10, 2022
Following Monday’s serious damage that saw the SPX and Nasdaq close 17% and 28.2% below their cyclical highs, U.S. stock futures show overnight gains of ranging from +0.6% in the DOW and 0.7% in the S&P 500 to 1.1% in the Nasdaq. Pac Rim equities today had mostly followed America’s downward lead from Monday, with […] More
Equities Selling Off Further
January 18, 2022
Share prices in Asia fell 0.9% in India and South Korea, 0.8% in Taiwan and 0.3% in Japan. European stock markets currently show daily drops of 0.9% in Germany, 0.8% in France, 0.6% in Italy and 0.3% in Great Britain. In U.S. futures trading, the tech-intensive Nasdaq is 1.5% lower, and losses in the S&P […] More
Data Mix of Elevated Inflation Despite Moderating Growth
October 12, 2021
Today’s menu of price data around the world revealed The highest rate of Japanese domestic producer price inflation (6.3%) since September 2008 and also a larger 31.3% year-on-year leap in import prices. The steepest on-year jump in German wholesale prices (13.2%) since June 1974. As then, energy played a prominent role in the spike. The […] More
Equities and Dollar Steady but Pandemic Not Going Away
August 10, 2021
Covid trends keep worsening. U.S. daily cases hovering at 125k, and hospitalization and death rates are rising too. Global deaths closing in on 4-1/3 million, and a number of countries including China have tightened restrictions against social activities. Overnight dollar changes were mostly confined to a range of plus or minus 0.2%. Share prices Tuesday […] More
Awaiting U.S. Data and Wednesday’s FOMC Developments
March 16, 2021
Data releases in Asia and Europe were light this Tuesday, but U.S. retail sales, industrial production, import prices, capacity utilization, and NAHB housing index are due shortly. Today is also the first of a two-day FOMC policy review that will include the quarterly update of macroeconomic and interest rate forecasts as well as Chairman Powell’s […] More
Covid Concerns, U.S. Political Tensions, Disinflation, and Weak Demand
November 10, 2020
Yesterday’s vaccine news spurred a stock market rally, but pandemic prospects remain poor until vaccines and therapeutic treatments are widely available. The public is being warned of a grim winter just ahead. New global Covid cases topped half a million yesterday, including a fresh record U.S. number exceeding 130k. U.S. hospitalizations are hovering near 60k. […] More
Covid-Related Setbacks in European Confidence, a Smaller Chinese Trade Surplus, and Another Day for Barrett Confirmation Hearings
October 13, 2020
Some risk aversion has returned to Europe. In many countries there, lockdown restrictions against Covid-19 have had to be tightened. And data reports out today reflect rising concern. For example, the ZEW expectations index of financial investor confidence toward Germany suffered a big setback this month, dropping to a five-month low of 56.1 from September’s […] More
Further Erosion of Dollar’s Value
September 15, 2020
The dollar dropped 0.6% to a 16-month low against the Chinese yuan overnight and also lost 0.5% relative to the Australian dollar, 0.4% vis-a-vis the Mexican peso, 0.3% versus the kiwi, Swiss franc, loonie, euro and sterling, as well as 0.1% against Japan’s yen. The latest declines bring the dollar’s trade-weighted depreciation over the past […] More
Some Sizable Financial Market Moves Overnight
August 11, 2020
The dollar lost 0.4% against the euro, Swiss franc, Australian dollar and Mexican peso. The U.S. currency also fell 0.5% versus the Canadian dollar, 0.3% relative to sterling, 0.2% vis-a-vis the Chinese yuan, and 0.1% against the kiwi but ticked 0.1% higher versus the yen. This time, dollar depreciation wasn’t correlated with a strengthening price […] More
