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U.S. President Donald Trump is weeks away from naming anyone to the board of the Federal Reserve, a White House official said, meaning it could be the fall before three currently empty seats are filled...
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday that he is "puzzled" by how little markets have reacted to major political risks, and skeptical about the Trump administration's ability to fulfill its pledges to stoke faster growth...
It has been a while since Greece was at the top of the market news. We consider this is as a key issue for the European Union so we are still monitoring the country...
Brazilian assets fell sharply yesterday at the market opening in São Paulo as the political uncertainty rose by another notch. The Brazilian real fell more than 7% against the greenback with USD/BRL rising at around 3.3760 compared to Wednesday’s close of 3...
It seemed very unlikely that global political uncertainties would rekindle so fast after the French election, in which the second round between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen was a non-event. Yet, as often in financial markets, uncertainties are coming from where it was not really expected...
Among the G10 complex, the Australian dollar was the sole currency in positive territory this morning after the publication of the last job report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The Aussie was up 0.26% against the greenback on Thursday, up to $0...
Selling of risky asset shifted into high gear after a weak US session. The lack of real drivers has allowed noise around US politics to derail fundamentals optimism...
The future does not seem so bright for Japan when looking at fundamentals. The level of debt is astonishing (€8.6 billion debt at 0% interest rate) and the population is ageing. The debt now represents 250% of the GDP...
The lack of a real driver has created choppy directionless trading. Yet for today, traders' attentions will focus back on the US data for support of the Fed policy path...