Market overview

Week’s main events (February 17 – February 21) This week, traders’ main focus will be on the RBA and RBNZ monetary policy decisions. The Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to kick off the easing cycle with a quarter-point rate hike, while the Reserve Bank of New Zealand is likely ...

Week’s main events (February 10 – February 14) Investors and traders will watch closely this week for new inflation data in the United States and Switzerland. Inflationary pressures are expected to decline further in the United States, which may increase the likelihood that the FOMC will continue to cut rates. ...

Week’s main events (February 03 – February 07) The week’s main events will be the Bank of England meeting and the US Non-Farm Payrolls report. New US employment data could provide new insights into the state of labor demand in the world’s largest economy — and possibly influence the Federal ...

Week’s main events (January 27 – January 31) Economists predict that the European Central Bank (ECB), the Bank of Canada (BoC), and probably the Swedish Riksbank will cut interest rates by 25 bps. The Federal Reserve, on the other hand, will keep rates unchanged. Meanwhile, the US PCE deflator may ...

Week’s main events (January 20 – January 24) The main event this week is Trump’s ushering into the White House. Although it is not an economic event, it could strongly impact financial markets. In the run-up to the inauguration, yields on US long-dated bonds rose amid expectations that Trump’s proposed ...

Week’s main events (January 06 – January 10) This will be a busy week with US employment data, Federal Reserve minutes, and inflation data from Australia, the Eurozone, Switzerland, Sweden, Mexico, and China. The US economy is expected to add 157k, down significantly from 227k last month. Inflation in Europe, ...

Week’s main events (December 30 – January 03) No major economic events are expected this week, with most financial exchanges closed for 2 days, so volatility will be low. Non-Farm Payrolls labor market data has been postponed until next week. So this week, pay attention to Manufacturing PMI data across ...

Week’s main events (December 23 – December 27) This week will not be busy because of the Christmas holidays. As a rule, bankers and investors go on vacation at this time, so the volatility during the Christmas and New Year periods is usually below average. But there are still events ...

Week’s main events (December 09 – December 13) This will be the most economically rich week of the month. The world’s leading central banks (RBA, BoC, ECB, and SNB) will hold monetary policy meetings. All central banks except the RBA are expected to go for another rate cut. At the ...

Week’s main events (December 02 – December 06) This week, we will focus on the November Non-Farm Payroll report in the United States. Market attention will also be focused on JOLT data on vacancies, ISM manufacturing, and services PMI indices. Elsewhere, unemployment rates in the Eurozone and Canada will be ...