Market overview

Week’s main events (May 13 – May 17) Investors will be watching the US Producer and Consumer Price Index data this week for signs that price pressures are finally easing after months of solid inflation that raised fears that the Federal Reserve would not cut interest rates this year. The ...

Week’s main events (May 06 – May 10) This week will be less economically eventful than the previous one. The main events will be the meetings of the central banks of the United Kingdom and Australia. The BoE is expected to keep rates unchanged. While Bank of England officials were ...

Week’s main events (April 29 – May 03) This week promises to be volatile due to a lot of important events. The US Nonfarm Payrolls is the week’s main event, as it is one of the most significant parameters for the Fed’s monetary policy decision. Economists believe the US employment ...

Week’s main events (April 22 – April 26) This week’s main events will be the Bank of Japan meeting and the PCE index data, which is considered a more critical inflation indicator for the US Fed. Economists forecast PCE inflation to remain elevated in March. Recent data indicating that progress ...

Week’s main events (April 15 – April 19) Geopolitics will be the primary focus this week. Iran’s attack on Israel caused a sharp spike in volatility in the financial markets, and this volatility will remain with us for a few more days, at least. Regarding economic events, traders will focus ...

Week’s main events (April 08 – April 12) If no important economic events are expected at the beginning of the week, Wednesday and Thursday will be oversaturated with important news. On Wednesday, interest rate decisions are expected from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) and the Bank of Canada (BoC). No ...

Week’s main events (April 01 – April 05) The main event of the week will be the US nonfarm payrolls report. The US economy is expected to have added 200,000 jobs in March, slowing from the 275,000 jobs added in February. OPEC countries will meet on Wednesday to discuss further plans ...

Week’s main events (March 25 – March 29) On the economic calendar, this week will be much calmer than the previous one, with Friday’s main event being the PCE core price index, the Fed’s favorite measure of inflation. It slightly accelerated in January, and forecasts suggest the core PCE rate ...

Week’s main events (March 18 – March 22) The Bank of Japan (BoJ) will hold a very important meeting on Tuesday, where there is more than a 50% chance that the BoJ will finally exit the negative interest rate policy. Immediately after this meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will meet to ...

Week’s main events (March 11 – March 15) The most important event this week will be the US inflation data. Inflation is expected to continue to decline, which is likely to increase further the probability of the first FOMC rate cut in April. Market watchers will also be watching the ...