Market overview

Week’s main events (October 27 – October 31) This week, global markets will focus on key monetary policy decisions and several important corporate and macroeconomic events. The main event will be the FOMC meeting, which will take place amid the ongoing US government shutdown, during which the publication of several ...

Week’s main events (October 20 – October 24) This week, markets are focused on a series of Chinese macro indicators (GDP, Labor Market, Retail Sales), the PBoC decision, and the results of the fourth plenum of the Communist Party, which sets political and industrial priorities for the coming years. New ...

Week’s main events (October 13 – October 17) The Trump administration’s decision to impose tariffs on China caused sharp panic in financial markets at the end of last week. This week, any news regarding tariff tensions between the US and China will be accompanied by volatility. The US government shutdown ...

Week’s main events (October 06 – October 10) The US government shutdown remains in focus this week, as the protracted deadlock between members of Congress shows no signs of improving. The government slowdown threatens the release of data from federal agencies, including the trade balance, jobless claims, and the budget ...

Week’s main events (September 29 – October 03) This week’s main event will be the release of data on the labor market (Nonfarm Payrolls) in the United States. The report will show how quickly the central bank will have to cut rates in the coming months. Economists expect the economy ...

Week’s main events (September 22 – September 26) This week’s market narrative combines high-frequency activity data with a heavy macroeconomic tilt at the end of the week, featuring the US advance GDP and the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge (PCE), as well as Canada’s GDP print. Traders should watch whether growth ...

Week’s main events (September 15 – September 19) The Forex market is in for another volatile week. This week, investors should focus on the Interest Rate Decisions from the central banks of the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, and Norway. The US Federal Reserve and Bank of Canada ...

Week’s main events (September 08 – September 12) Key economic releases next week will continue to shape the outlook for global rates, as softening labor markets and stubborn inflation are setting the stage for a turning point for central banks. China will release its CPI/PPI data amidst weak demand. The ...

Week’s main events (August 25 – August 29) The global rate outlook will remain in focus next week as markets assess the durability of the Federal Reserve’s dovish signals from the Jackson Hole symposium. In the US, personal income, spending, and PCE price indexes will be in the spotlight, along ...

Week’s main events (August 18 – August 22) This week, investors’ attention will focus on US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech at the central bank’s annual conference in Jackson Hole, where he will share his views on the future trajectory of interest rates. At the same time, critical inflation ...