U.S. industrial production and housing starts
Markets Focused on Data Releases and Awaiting FOMC Minutes of January’s Meeting
February 18, 2026
The dollar is mostly narrowly mixed today, but a 0.8% rise against the New Zealand dollar (aka the kiwi) has been an exception. The U.S. DOW, SPX and Nasdaq in futures trading are around 0.3%. Many Asian stock markets remain closed for the extended lunar year holiday. Those that were open tended to rise, including […] More
Renewed Financial Market Volatility
July 17, 2024
World financial markets are operating under the presumption that former President Donald Trump will be returned to the White House in this November’s election. Trump leads with a style that creates a steady diet of news feed headlines, not always in the some direction, and that has the habit of accentuating day-to-day and intra-day financial […] More
BoJo Shocker, Dovish RBA Minutes, and Some Robust U.S. Data
December 17, 2019
The pound hit an air pocket overnight, dropping 1.3% against the dollar after Prime Minister Johnson rejected the option of further extensions to Brexit talks. The lack of any deal is back in play. As things stand, Britain is to leave the EU at end-January and any transition period into full Brexit ends before 2021. […] More
