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Week Ahead Calendar 11th January – 17th January

11th January 2021

The macro data calendar is light this week (bar Friday), particularly outside of the United States. The highlights are the release of December figures for US CPI-inflation, retail sales and…

Weekly Recap 4th January – 10th January 2021

11th January 2021

Much of the markets’ focus last week was on the unprecedented and tragic events which engulfed the Capitol on 6th January.  The day before the two Democratic candidates had won…

Week Ahead Calendar 10th August – 16th August

9th August 2020

The data and events calendar is light on Monday but is due to get heavier as the week progresses. In the US retail sales and industrial output data for July…

Weekly Recap 3rd August – 9th August

9th August 2020

The US Dollar had a choppy week against major currencies, with two up days and three down days, ending the week broadly unchanged. US macro data were, as has often…

Snapshot – 7th August

7th August 2020

Price action in equities today has been tepid but the US Dollar is up about 0.7% at time of writing, one of its largest daily increases in recent months. The…

Snapshot – 6th August

6th August 2020

Sterling initially rallied after this morning’s Bank of England policy meeting but has since given back most of its gains. The GBP/USD cross is back to its pre-meeting level of…

Snapshot – 5th August

5th August 2020

The Dollar is down for a second consecutive day (by 1% in aggregate, mirroring the rally in the S&P 500 which has extended to a fourth consecutive session), at time…

Snapshot – 4th August

4th August 2020

For all the talk of Dollar weakness and its demise as a reserve currency, the Dollar trade-weighted index has been remarkably stable in the past six sessions, trading in a…

Week Ahead Calendar 28th July – 2nd August

27th July 2020

Focus this week will be on the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting on Wednesday, as well as US durable goods, consumer confidence, income, spending and PCE-inflation figures. The US, the world’s…

Weekly Recap 20th July – 27th July

27th July 2020

The Dollar weakened across the board last week, slumping 1.1% in trade-weighted terms to its weakest level since 8th June with few US macro data to anchor the currency.  The…

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