After two weeks of relatively few tier-one macro data releases over the festive period, the data calendar is once again heavy. In the US, the focus will be on December…
The tragic fires in Australia and a deadly US air strike in Iraq on Iran’s military commander, General Qasem Soleimani late last week have dominated the headlines and the latter…
US equities have consistently hit new record highs, including on the first trading day of the New Year but trading FX last year was an exercise in both patience and…
The first full of trading day of the new year (and decade) has on the whole seen only modest currency price action. While the US Dollar has made small gains…
Unsurprisingly, the data and events calendar is very light this week. The main data release is US durable goods orders for November. Monday 23rd December United States: Durable goods…
Global risk appetite was buoyant last week with global equities having now risen in 9 of the past 10 trading sessions and the S&P 500 closing at a new record-high…
It’s a big data week for the US and UK. In the US, NY Fed and Philly Fed manufacturing data for December will help complete the US macro picture for…
The UK general election on Thursday and a tentative US-China trade deal dominated the news last week and sent global risk appetite higher, with the S&P 500 closing at a…
On paper event risk is acute for the next four days, with the Federal Reserve due to conclude its policy meeting this evening, the British electorate going to the polls…
In what has been a relatively quiet FX session, Sterling has continued to grind out gains against all major currencies ahead of a general election, now only 48 hours away….
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