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Markets Taking a Breather
April 15, 2026
President Trump continues to dangle the chances of a deal with Iran happening soon and the April 21st ceasefire deadline getting extended. Dual blockades of the Strait of Hormuz are containing shipping traffic through the water body to a minimum but reportedly not zero. After several days with wide swings in financial market values, investors […] More
Iran War and Central Bank Interest Rate Decisions to Dominate This Week’s Financial Market News
March 16, 2026
(148) But right now, markets have responded positively to stronger-than-projected Chinese data while awaiting today’s release of U.S. industrial production. The Iran War narrative is meanwhile focused on whether President Trump will declare America’s main goals accomplished and pull out or decided to prolong the fight until there is a major downward break in oil […] More
Holiday Observances But Also Several GDP Reports
February 16, 2026
(152) The Lunar New Year of the Fire Horse has begun. Chinese markets will be closed for the week, but other Asian countries observing the holiday today include Hong Kong, Sout Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia and Singapore. In North America, U.S. markets are closed for President’s Day, and Canada is observing Family Day. A lack of […] More
Markets Spooked By a Looming U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on the Legality of 2025 Tariff Hikes
January 14, 2026
The Supreme Court will be revealing its decisions on several cases at 10:00 EST today, and it’s possible that the decision on Trump’s large and widespread tariff hikes may be included in this batch. Those tariffs hold a foundational role in the whole economic and foreign policies of the second Trump presidency. A ruling striking […] More
Risk Aversion in Spite of Gaza Ceasefire and Trump’s “It Will All Be fine” Comment on Trade Tensions
October 14, 2025
Equity markets and long-term sovereign debt yields faltered anew this Tuesday. China is lifting port fees against U.S. imports and accusing Trump of reigniting trade tensions between the two countries. In the middle east conflict, hostages and prisoners have been returned, but ensuing steps to cement a permanent peace in the region are being met […] More
Chinese Data, Big Week for Central Banks, and U.S. Share Prices Fall Further Behind Other Stock Markets
March 17, 2025
(200) The dollar lost fractional ground overnight, losing 0.6% against the kiwi, 0.4% against the Swissy and Australian dollar, 0.3% relative to sterling and the euro and 0.1% versus the yen, peso and loonie. Equities in most markets around the Pacific Rim responded positively to the Chinese government’s consumption-promoting plans, which are intended to mitigate […] More
Competing Market Forces
April 15, 2024
The dominant theme of the first half of April has been the retreat in hopes that a cycle of Fed interest rate cuts might commence as early as June. This shift is being driven by data pointing to stalled U.S. disinflation and stronger-than-assumed economic growth. Monday’s menu of U.S. data includes Stronger-than-expected retail sales that […] More
Indonesian Election and Euroland GDP Headline Wednesday’s Agenda
February 14, 2024
Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto appears headed for victory in today’s Indonesian presidential election. Many votes still need to be counted, but with nearly 60% of the votes among those already tallied, he holds a large lead against his two opponents so far. The second report on fourth-quarter Euroland GDP are unrevised from flash indications reported […] More
Financial Markets Waiting for Cues from This Week’s Slew of Corporate Earnings
April 17, 2023
There’s been no consistent theme driving financial markets at the start of a week that will include the release of Chinese first quarter GDP figures along with the usual bunch of monthly data from that country, the Fed Beige Book of recent U.S. regional economic trends, the first glimpse of April economic developments from preliminary […] More
Easter Monday: U.S. Will Be One of the Few Countries Open Today
April 18, 2022
The Easter Monday holiday is being observed today in the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Greece, Switzerland, Brazil, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Argentina, Peru, and Mexico. Share prices closed down by 1.1% in Japan, 2.0% in India, 0.6% in Indonesia and Taiwan, 0.5% in Malaysia and 1.0% in Singapore. U.S. […] More
