Market Overview

US producer prices fell stronger than expected, potentially reinforcing the dovish argument at the Fed. For May, PPI declined by 0.3% m/m, more than the expected 0.1%, and the index gained a modest...

(Wednesday market open) For the first time in well over a year, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is widely expected to end its meeting today without raising interest rates. Stocks entered a...

Markets rallied as inflation continued to decline Fed is expected to pause today and hike in July CPI could drop in July because of the base effect, and it makes more sense for Fed to raise now and...

The Fed’s rate decision is the most anticipated event of the day and possibly the coming weeks. As usual, the markets have a strong consensus (95%) on what the central bank will do in the short...

Dollar slides as CPI numbers increase Fed skip chancesFed decides today, spotlight to fall on dot plotWall Street extends rally after soft inflation printsUS CPI data enhance the case for a Fed...

A truly devastating jobs report for BoE policymakersIt’s not often that you would refer to a jobs report that delivers a drop in unemployment, record employment, and a rise in wages as horrible,...

Commodities get a boost as China weighs broad stimulus Gold’s Triple Top still holds Dollar tumbles as Fed rate hike odds drop to 9.6% for Wednesday’s meeting OilCrude Oil WTI prices got a...

In the week that the Fed, ECB, and Bank of Japan all meet to discuss policy and particularly interest rates, we look at where they might end up and the potential impacts on the markets.   We...

The Fed is set to meet on June 14 and decide its next policy move.Year-on-year inflation stood at 4% in May, down from 4.9% in April, according to the consumer price index (CPI) report by the US...

My opinions may not be shared by others but since I've been through 4 major financial crises including the wretched stagflationary period of 1976 to 1982 during which we saw prime rate hit 21%, these...

(Tuesday market open) U.S. consumer inflation continued easing in May, calming interest rate fears on Wall Street—at least for the moment.Stock futures were mostly higher early Tuesday after the...

All eyes on US inflation data today, could influence Fed decision Dollar slips, sterling jumps after jobs data, stocks power higher China cuts interest rates, crash in oil prices warns of soft demand...

Tech trade remains strong, sending the S&P 500 to a 13-month high Ahead of the May inflation report, Fed swaps are pricing a 23.8% chance the Fed will raise rates on Wednesday Dollar and Treasury...

By Clint SiegnerNobody knows better than longstanding gold and silver bugs that prices don't always reflect positive fundamentals. The U.S. recently experienced the highest price inflation in decades....