Market Overview

Headline CPI rate drops by a full percentage point, core ticks upInvestors still expect another 25bps hike, but maintain rate cut betsFed minutes reveal that some officials considered pausingDollar...

The Federal Reserve Board reduced banking reserve requirements to zero in March 2020. So, banks in the United States are technically not required to back customers' deposits with anything.Even as...

(Wednesday market open) Today’s March Consumer Price Index (CPI) reading arguably offered something for both interest rate hawks and doves.A 0.1% rise in headline CPI was below expectations and...

Gold prices are on the move after the US CPI data has finally eased off and printed the reading of 5% against the expectations of 5.1%. Traders have taken this news as an indicator that the Fed is...

Today's highlight is the March US CPI, and while everyone is talking about it, it is unlikely to tell us anything we do not already know. Headline price pressures are easing but the core rate is...

The currency market has moved little over the past week, waiting for significant drivers. The Easter lull is likely to end today, as inflation data and the Fed's March meeting minutes are expected to...

The banking crisis is just starting.The implosion of the fraud-riddled FTX and the counterparty collateral damage that occurred was an early warning sign. But it is a glimpse of the malinvestment,...

Stocks get a boost from a double dose of dovishness from Williams and Goolsbee Commodities rally as the dollar softens Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade is here US stocks are mixed heading into a pivotal...

Despite media headlines, podcasts, and broadcasts suggesting “doom and gloom” lurks around the corner, investor bullishness has increased markedly since theOctober lows. This isn’t...

US stocks stage late rebound despite ratcheting up of Fed rate hike betsAsian mood also perks up as regional central banks seen on pauseDollar extends post-NFP gains before easing again; US CPI the...

Oil lower given the risk-off tone on Wall Street Gold lower as dollar rallies as Fed rate hike bets get locked in Bitcoin rallies back towards upper boundaries of key range OilCrude prices are...

The latest fad in monetary policy circles worldwide is CBDC or Central Bank Digital Currency, a government-created cryptocurrency exchanged on a blockchain. Many fear that it would give governments...

When the yield curve flattens and eventually inverts, you worry. But it’s when a recession hits, the Fed cuts rates and the curve steepens that you become s**t scared.Yield curve...

Since a major golf tournament just ended, perhaps it’s appropriate that Friday’s jobs data was right down the middle of the fairway.The question is whether slowing jobs growth in...