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Financial markets are set to end the week on the back foot as US political turmoil takes centre stage with many of Trump’s business counsellors resigning. Wall Street suffered its worst sell-off since May with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.24% to 21,750 points...
Russia retail sales is set to be released today. Markets estimate a slight decline from June to 1% from 1.25 in July. The ruble is strengthening against the dollar and we believe that upside pressures should likely accelerate for the ruble...
As expected the minutes of the July 25-26 FOMC meeting highlighted a broad division among Fed members. More specifically, the timing of the balance run-off was a major topic of discussion as several members were willing to pull the trigger last month, while the majority preferred to wait...
The Helvetic currency is suffering against the euro and the pair is back below 1.15. We nonetheless do not believe that the pair will continue to head towards 1.20 and the ongoing move may not be sustainable in the medium-term...
The solid print in retail sales and Empire Manufacturing Index yesterday helped the greenback to catch his breath. Retail sales advanced strongly in July, climbing 0.6%m/m (versus 0.3% expected), while previous month’s reading was revised to +0.3% (from -0.2% initially estimated...
A month before the German election, news regarding the German fundamentals data are still positive. Yet, GDP Growth has slightly slowed. The figure, which has been released this morning, came in at 0.6%, a inch below markets’ expectations at 0.7...
The Australian dollar was little changed after the Reserve Bank of Australia published the minutes of its August meeting. AUD/USD was treading water at around $0.7870 following the release. However, in late Asian session the Aussie started to tumble amid a broad-based USD strength...
Japan’s growth came in much higher than forecasted at 1% q/q versus 0.6% for the second quarter. Looking back, this release is the best data in the last two and a half years. It also represents the sixth consecutive quarter of positive GDP growth...
The US dollar came under renewed selling pressure on Friday amid a soft CPI report. Headline CPI printed at 1.7% y/y, while the market was expecting a reading of 1.8%. The core gauge, which excludes the most volatile components, held steady at 1.7%, matching expectations...