Market Overview

The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits rose last week from a three-month low, in part reflecting the typical swings during holiday periods.Jobless claims increased by...

US stock market edged higher on Wednesday following a recovery in oil prices late in the session. The dollar pared earlier losses and according to the live dollar index the ICE US Dollar index, a...

Is China Out of Policy Bullets?Ahead of this weekend's G20 summit, investors are worried that after a period of significant and rapid credit expansion following the global financial crisis and years...

Financial markets have had a nervous start to 2016.ECB set to cut policy rates again. GBP weakening looks overdone. To read the entire report Please click on the pdf File Below

The preliminary numbers for the US economic profile in February are flashing a warning sign, according to Markit’s sentiment data for the manufacturing and services sectors. It’s premature...

The start of 2016 hasn’t been good for investors’ nerves, as stock markets have mostly gone in one direction – down.The old mantra of “buy the dip” seems to have turned...

The foreign exchange market is unusually calm. The US dollar is little changed against currencies. While the selling pressure that took sterling below $1.39 and the euro below $1.10 has subsided,...

The Eurozone consumer prices dropped 1.4% during the month of January. Deflation was expected and the euro barely reacted to news.Inflation expectations in the Eurozone dropped to record low levels in...

EUR/USDCurrent level - 1.1016 The intraday bias is slightly positive after yesterday's dip to 1.0956, but only a clear break through 1.1050 crucial area will signal a major rebound towards...

In the euro area, we get M3 money supply and bank lending figures. Growth in M3 has started to slow a bit in the past months, which might indicate that economic growth will slow in the latter part of...

The US dollar rebounded from yesterday’s lows following some weak economic data. A late rally in oil prices helped the greenback and US stocks to move higher.US crude futures jumped 5% after the...

And boy will it occupy some column inches in the UK, Europe and, no doubt, the rest of the world in the coming four months right up to referendum day in June.If you had asked me a week or so back, I...

The financial markets were quite mixed and indecisive at a technical juncture. WTI dipped to as low as 30.56 after being rejected from 55 days EMA (now at 33.29) but recovered quickly back to above...

Thursday’s a busy day for economic updates, including the Gfk Consumer Climate Index for Germany. Two key US reports are on tap as well: The weekly jobless claims data and the January numbers on...