John Williams
Lots of Economic Data Around the World to Start New Month
March 1, 2024
U.S. stock futures are marginally softer after Yesterday’s rally. This contrasts with share price gains of 1.9% in Japan, 0.7% in India, 0.6% in Australia and the U.K. so far, 0.5% in Hong Kong and Germany so far and 0.4% in China. Whereas the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield has shed two basis points, comparable yields […] More
Continuing Worry about China’s Economy and an Equivocal Remark from the President of the N.Y. Federal Reserve
September 8, 2023
Equities fell on Friday by 1.3% in Hong Kong, 1.2% in Japan, 0.8% in New Zealand, 0.4% in Indonesia, and 0.2% in China. Japanese GDP growth between the first and second quarters was revised downward from 6.0% at an annualized rate to 4.8%. Compared to 2Q 2022, however, GDP rose just 1.6%, little better than […] More
U.S. Jobs Statistics to Dominate this Friday Session
October 2, 2015
Ninety minutes ahead of the U.S. labor force report, the dollar shows small gains of 0.3% against the yen and 0.2% relative to the euro and Swiss franc. The U.S. currency is unchanged against the Australian dollar and down 0.1% versus the loonie, kiwi and sterling. Analysts look for U.S. employment growth in September of […] More
