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Kathy Lien, Managing Director Of FX Strategy For BK Asset ManagementDaily FX Market Roundup October 3, 2019The hope for a recovery in the last quarter of 2019 disappeared with Thursday’s...

It was another ugly afternoon for the markets, while the pound managed to produce some notable gains despite a hostile reception for Boris Johnson’s border solution.The Dow Jones lost another...

The non-manufacturing ISM index is still in expansion territory, but today’s release highlights hirings are easing up and orders are dropped 6.6 percentage points. It is clear the trend with...

U.S. futures stabilize after stocks suffer steep plunge on heightened recession fearsEuropean shares give up early gains as U.S. unveils new trade tariffsU.S. bonds slated to continue bull market as...

Germany’s Manufacturing PMI is down to 41.7 and the US ISM Manufacturing Index has dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade. No wonder investor worries about a recession have...

Sentiment-wise, the USD is on the back foot following the deterioration of ISM manufacturing data. Yet we’d argue the dollar’s weakness could be temporary, like when the USD weakens...

The fear the global economy is slowing came to the surface yesterday as European, and US stock markets declined sharply. The DAX closed below 12,000, the FTSE 100 finished the session sub its 200-day...

There must be something in the water this week, having seen three of the UK’s most senior executives announce their departure yesterday, Imperial Brands joined in this morning by announcing the...

The markets were all shook up on Wednesday, the global manufacturing crisis doing a number on the European indices.With the Dow Jones looking to open at its lowest price in a month, and the Asian...

Last week's surprise resignation of Germany’s Sabine Lautenschläger from the six-member executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB), more than two years before her eight-year term...

European and US stocks suffered heavy losses yesterday as traders were rattled by the latest US ISM manufacturing reading. The August report was 49.1, while the September update dropped to 47.8...

It was another ugly data set from the ISM manufacturing read, but it may not mean we’re headed for a full-blown recession. If last month’s data was ugly, then this is even uglier. Not only...

On the face of it the latest figures from the manufacturing sector suggest an improvement for the month of September, but if you dig a little deeper it is readily apparent that this is a somewhat...

Global equities are better bid after the US officially rejected the latest news about leaving the Chinese stocks out of the American exchanges.Japanese equities followed up on a positive New York...