Market Overview

The weekend election in Germany is the hot political topic, but the UK governing coalition is holding its annual conference and it can influence the future of UK politics. With the economy enjoying...

There is a debate among economists about the merits of quantitative easing, by which it is meant the practice of increasing the size of a central bank's balance sheet. This is done to augment...

Barclays (BCS) has reported a £500 million decline in income during July and August, which came as a result of "significantly" lower revenues in its investment banking division. The lender said...

I will resist the temptation, succumbed to by many others, to offer a pithy title turning on some pun involving Larry Summers’ name. For example, I will not title this article:Summers’ Not...

Despite monstrous looming economic hurdles, equity markets pushed higher. Last Wednesday, the Federal Reserve is expected to announce reduction of its $85 billion bond buying program, confrontation...

This week was always going to be a tricky one for both traders and investors, with the market’s primary focus being the FOMC meeting on Wednesday -- the meeting at which the FED is likely to...

Industrial production posted a handsome rebound in August after July's essentially flat performance, the Federal Reserve reports. The 0.4% increase for last month is slightly better than The Capital...

In our last FX Update on USDMXN, we had detailed several reasons as to why the Mexican peso is one of our favourite emerging market currencies on the long-run time horizon. Since our last update, the...

Former secretary of the US treasury Larry Summers has withdrawn from the race to be named the head of the Federal Reserve. In a letter to president Barack Obama, the official, who was deemed the...

The latest IMM data covers the week from 4 September to 10 September. The week to 10 September saw another cutback in EUR longs as investors turned to USD, GBP, and a range of the commodity...

New research from Danske Bank Markets The main event in the Scandi market this week will be the Norges Bank meeting. Given the recent rise in inflation and weakening of the NOK focus is on changes to...

Market movers today This morning ECB president Mario Draghi speaks at an SME conference in Berlin, and ECB board member Praet speaks at a conference on the Global Reform of Financial Regulation and...

The United Kingdom has the 6th largest GDP in the world, but it is no hidden secret that the UK economy greatly suffered during the financial crisis. Many were astounded when the UK came dramatically...

News that Lawrence Summers withdrew from what turned into a bit of a contest to replace Bernanke as Chairman of the Federal Reserve has sparked a risk-on rally. Without a cash market, due to the Tokyo...