University of Michigan Sentiment Surveys decline
Surveys of Consumers chief economist, Richard Curtin Consumer sentiment declined in early January to its lowest level since Trump was elected. The decline was primarily focused on prospects for...
Stocks rally as hope mounts for U.S.-China trade deal
Stocks rallied Friday, with major indexes trading higher for a fourth session, on reports that stoked hopes for progress in trade talks between the and China. Optimism over...
US Manufacturing Output Surges in December
manufacturing output increased by the most in 10 months in December, boosted by a surge in the production of motor vehicles and a range of other goods, which...
Brexit Extension Faces Major Obstacle in EU Elections
Extending the official Brexit deadline for the could bring a wave of extra logistical and political problems for the European Union. The ongoing deadlock has sparked a debate...
The Road to Financial Success: Lessons from George Soros
George Soros is famously known as the man who “broke the Bank of England.” He earned this title in 1992, when he made more than a billion dollars shorting...
ECB may postpone rate hike due to weakness in economic data
The European Central Bank is expected to postpone the hike of deposit rate till the fourth quarter – it’s longer than expected just a month ago, according to economists...
Headwinds to the BOJ’s policy are likely to increase this year
Consumer inflation in Japan slowed down in December, once again emphasizing the impotence of the Bank of Japan in stimulating price growth. The main explanatory variable of the Japanese...
USA500 – The Bid Goes On
The trend winds up for US Equities as the USA500 breaches 2650 and the dollar catches a bid. EURUSD falls from , USDJPY holds around and Cable continues...
China growth ahead of 2018 final data
China’s economy lost momentum in 2018 and is set to slow further in 2019 as a weakening domestic economy intersects with the negative impact of US tariffs on China’s...
Inflation, BOC and how CAD could behave today
USDCAD Today, Canada releases its December inflation figures. The three core CPI measures are expected to hold around the rates that were seen in November, while underlying inflation...