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World Financial Markets React to Street Protests in China Against Covid Policy
November 28, 2022
A Fresh burst of risk aversion to start the week sent the dollar up 0.8% against the Australian dollar, 0.7% relative to the kiwi, 0.5% versus the loonie and Chinese yuan, 0.4% vis-a-vis sterling, 0.2% against the yen, and 0.1% versus the Swiss franc. The euro notably edged 0.1% higher against the dollar, aided by […] More
Immediate Market Reaction to Omicron Trimmed Back but Only Partially
November 29, 2021
It will take a week or two before a clearer picture emerges of the Omicron Variant and investors have a better understanding of key questions such as the protection existing vaccines provide to the new mutation. Markets had reacted very adversely on Friday to first learning about Omicron. Today has seen a partial reversal of […] More
U.S. GDP, Monetary Policy Statements from ECB & Japan, and So Much More
October 28, 2021
Financial market activity overnight: The dollar and 10-year sovereign debt yields are little changed on this busy Thursday. Equities fell in Asia including losses of 1.2% in China, 1.0% in Japan, 1.2% in Indonesia, and 1.9% thus far in India. European share prices have risen a bit, however, and U.S. futures are also in the […] More
A Double Feature for Investors Today of Big Events: Powell then Biden
April 28, 2021
The FOMC wraps up its two-day policy review today. The policy statement, due at 14:00 EDT, will concede a brightening growth picture with accelerating inflation but is unlikely to modify forward guidance that welcomes a period of inflation somewhat above target rather than aiming to quash such quickly. Fed Chairman Powell’s press conference afterward begins […] More
Month-End Flood of Data Paints May 2020 as Anything But Merry
May 29, 2020
During May, roughly 2.69 new cases of Covid-19 were identified worldwide, and over 133,000 died from the disease. The U.S. share of the total 362,829 identified deaths related to the pandemic remains at 28.5% even though the United States has just 4.3% of the world’s population. The racial protests in Minneapolis have spread to other […] More
Several Japanese Data Reported but Investors Marking Time Ahead of U.S. Figures
April 26, 2019
Shortly before the first release of U.S. first-quarter GDP, the dollar showed no net overnight change against the euro, loonie or sterling. There were 0.1% upticks relative to the yen, Swiss franc and peso, a 0.1% downtick vis-a-vis the yuan and drops of 0.5% against the kiwi and 0.3% versus the Australian dollar. European share […] More
Volatile Markets This Monday
October 29, 2018
Ahead of the important release of U.S. personal income, personal spending and the PCE price deflator, share prices fell 2.2% in China, 1.5% in South Korea, 0.5% in Hong Kong and 0.2% in Japan but are trading higher by 2.8% in Italy, 2.2% in India, 2.0% in Germany, 1.8% in the U.K., 1.7% in Switzerland, […] More
Dollar Down a Bit, Stocks Go a Little Higher
March 29, 2018
The dollar has slipped 0.4% against the yen, 0.3% relative to the Aussie currency, 0.2% versus the peso, yuan and loonie, and 0.1% vis-a-vis the euro and Swiss franc. The dollar also edged up 0.1% against sterling overnight. British real GDP growth last quarter was confirmed to have risen 0.4%, down from a 0.5% increase […] More
A Week Begins Fraught with Possibility
October 30, 2017
U.S. President Trump has promised to reveal his choice for Fed Chairperson this week before leaving for Asia on Friday. Jerome Powell is perceived to be the likeliest choice. Although presently a member of the Fed Board of Governors, Powell is not an economist by training. Over the past 47-1/2 years, economists have chaired the […] More
Dollar and Fixed Income Security Prices Soften
June 29, 2017
The dollar declined overnight by 0.5% against the peso, 0.4% relative to the Australian currency, 0.3% versus the yuan and sterling, 0.2% vis-a-vis the euro, and 0.1% against the Swiss franc and loonie. The dollar firmed 0.2% against the kiwi and 0.3% versus the yen. Ten-year German bund and British gilt yields jumped five basis […] More
