Apr

Central banks are back under the spotlight this week with the RBNZ, BOC, and ECB announcing their April decisions while the Fed publishes its March meeting minutes. We’ll also get more inflation headlines as both the U.S. and…

Traders were in a choppy mood all week as earnings data, concerns about the debt ceiling, banking sector jitters, and the Fed's narrowing outlook weighed on sentiment. Stock and commodity indices managed to rally around the middle of the…

Resurfacing banking sector woes, US recession fears, and debt ceiling concerns kept risk-off flows in for the better part of the week, weighing on higher-yielding currencies. Despite their safe-haven appeal, the dollar and the yen are…

The US dollar fell today, only surpassed by the Japanese yen's declines. Meanwhile, the euro was the strongest among the currencies. The decline in dollar rates helped the dollar to fall. Looking at the US debt market, yields are down…

Forex volatility rose this week thanks to high-profile economic releases, prompting traders to re-price their monetary policy expectations. The US dollar was all over the charts as traders priced in higher Fed rates simultaneously and…

This week's inflation and employment data highlighted monetary policy trends and their impact on economic growth. Unfortunately for risk assets, this week's data indicated a prolonged period of rising interest rates even amid signs of…

Despite a fresh round of top tier catalysts on the calendar and traders coming back from holiday, market volatility was relatively subdued once again. Overall, it looks like traders were broadly leaning risk-on this week as inflation…

It's another brief but still busy trading week! We have the BOC statement, the FOMC meeting minutes, high level US data, namely the CPI and retail sales numbers. Before all of that, I wrote ICYMI A quick recap of market topics That pushed…

Thanks to a few top tier catalysts on the calendar, market players were able to bust out a few moves during a mostly quiet, holiday-shortened week. The main focus seems to have been fresh survey data and  economic updates that supported…