Fed: We Believe FOMC will Wait Until September to Raise Rates - Danske According to analysts from Danske Bank, the minutes from the latest FOMC meeting showed a divided committee and they continue to expect the next rate hike to take place in September...
Stocks Drop as Hike Fears Return Stocks sharply lower at US open June rate hike not such a crazy idea UK consumers bat off Brexit fears Anxiety is setting in for financial markets, as the proposition of another rate hike from the Fed draws the bears out once more...
US Markets Fall as Investors Dump Stocks on Fed Rate-Hike Fears On Thursday, major US stock indices opened lower as mounting fears of an earlier than expected Fed rate-hike decision as early as June, seems to be weighing on investor sentiment...
Gold Drops to Session Low of $1245 after Mixed US Data Extending its downward trajectory, Gold has broken below 50-day SMA support near $1250 level to currently trade at $1245, near low point of the day...
ECB Committed to Bring Inflation to Target Without Undue Delay Minutes of the European Central Bank’s April meeting showed that the bank wants to leave absolutely clear that it is committed to revive inflation in the Eurozone...
AUD: Monetary Policy is a Key Factor - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the monetary policy is a key factor in the Australian dollar. Key Quotes “The rate cut and dovish posture of the RBA has seen accelerated the retracement of the Aussie's run-up in the first four months...
RBA Considered Postponing Rate Cut – Westpac Research Team at Westpac, suggests that the RBA minutes earlier in the week were less dovish than expected...
Oil in Global Economy Series: What Fundamentals at Play in Oil Market Currently? North American benchmark WTI, has risen 85% or more from its February low and up around 28%, so far this year...
JPY: Abe Expected to Unveil a Larger Liscal Program - BBH Research Team at BBH, notes that at the last G20 meeting, Japan may have been questioned about its unexpected rate cut at the end of January...
USD Now Shifted the Focus to June – Westpac In opinion of Richard Franulovich, Strategist at Westpac, the greenback will take centre stage in the run up to the Fed meeting in June...
Dollar Consolidates after Yesterday's Big Gains - BBH Research Team at BBH, notes that the FOMC minutes came in on the hawkish side and the statement that “most” Fed officials saw a June hike as “likely” if warranted by the economy did the trick...
UK Retail Sales Bounces Back - TDS Research Team at TDS, notes that the UK retail sales in April bounced back 1.3% m/m off an upward-revised March decline of -0.5% m/m (was -1.3%), confirming their upside bias...
Fed Minutes Highlight a Committee that Want to Raise Rates – Deutsche Bank Research Team at Deutsche Bank, notes that the Fed minutes last night highlight a committee that continues to want to raise rates whenever they can push it through...
Market Was Caught Off Guard by Hawkish FOMC Minutes - TDS Cristian Maggio, Head of Emerging Markets Strategy at TD Securities, suggests that the market was caught off guard by hawkish minutes from the 27 April FOMC meeting and is all of a sudden reassessing its views on US monetary policy...
Dollar Rally Stalls, But Bid Remains Market Drivers May 19, 2016 AU Labor data in line UK Retail Sales Strong beat Nikkei -0.01% Dax -1.59...
FTSE Sinks Despite Surge in Retail Sales The stronger US dollar appears to be the key theme in play as hawkish Fed minutes handed the US dollar direction back to the bulls...
Hawkish Fed Sends Stocks Lower The FTSE 100 is trading sharply lower this morning after last night’s FOMC minutes showed a notable hawkish shift amongst the voting members, bringing the possibility of a US rate hike in June back to the table...
European Bonds Slide on FED Rate Hike Outlook The European bonds slumped Thursday as investors cooled on safe-haven assets after FOMC April meeting minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s strengthened bets of an interest rate hike in June...
GBP: Currency Index & Volatility Relative Currency Strength Although the Pound Sterling Index was moving below the base line over the vast part of the period ended May 17, by the last day of it this currency managed to regain quite enough strength to close with an increase of 0.38...
