Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

The day after the big sell-offEuropean stocks are headed for a sharply lower start thanks to the weak lead given to them by Wall Street. The FTSE 100 is set to open just above its December lows. The...

Worldwide releases of IHS Markit Services PMI data will provide further insights into global economic growth and price trends at the start of 2018 Central banks in Australia, New Zealand, Russia,...

The Australian economy ended 2017 with its weakest quarter in over a year, though the latest Commonwealth Bank PMI surveys also suggest that growth may well gather pace in early-2018. Rising...

Global PMI close to seven-year high in January Rising exports point to increased global trade Producer price inflation close to seven-year high Eurozone leads the global upturn Global manufacturing...

Too strongA fresh charge for accelerating Treasury yields from more robust than expected jobs data kept U.S stocks on the run on Friday. The 200,000 headline number for new hires in January was above...

Bitcoin falls significantly; Asian stock markets weaken and the Bank of Japan has some unlimited buying...Watch my FX and Bitcoin broadcast at CME London today. Disclaimer: ADM Investor Services...

1.) Bank of England inflation report and rate meeting, UK data – it’s a big week for the pound with the latest interest rate decision and quarterly inflation report.With the pound at its...

The official US jobs report for January that was released on Friday morning was highly positive, easily beating expectations on both the headline data and, very importantly, wage growth. 200,000...

The US open made a miserable day all the worse for the European markets, while Bitcoin managed to pull back from the brink. Following Wednesday’s hawkish hold from the Federal Reserve, there was...

The battle for ideas in the Brexit debate comes down to two basic economic approaches. The neo-Keynesian macroeconomists in the permanent establishment, who manage the state as economic planners and...

US non-farm payrolls smashed expectations on Friday. 200,000 jobs were created in January, higher than the 180,000 forecasts, whilst December’s figure was also revised higher to 160,000....

Markets participants found themselves in the rare position of witnessing falling prices this week. It has naturally sparked questions of whether a larger correction is in store. The Dow Jones has...

Are Rising Yields Weighing on Equity Markets? US Jobs Data Eyed as Fed Insists That Inflation Will Rise; Bitcoin’s Slump Continues as Losses Near 60% Since Mid-December. Are Rising Yields...

The markets were in a seriously bad mood this Friday, with the eurozone indices leading the bloody charge.With Deutsche Bank (DE:DBKGn) still down 5.5% following its disappointing fourth quarter...