Swiss producer prices.
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
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
European GDP, U.S. Retail Sales and Industrial Production, Continuing Coronavirus Spread, and Another Trump Dispute With Own Government People
February 14, 2020
From a news standpoint, Friday has been a very busy day, but financial market movements have been tempered. Mid-morning in NY finds the dollar up 0.2% against the Swiss franc and sterling and plus-or-minus 0.1% relative to other key currencies. Share prices fell 0.6% in Japan and 0.5% in India and New Zealand but up […] More
