Market Overview

We’ve been here before. Markets price in high odds that the Federal Reserve will soon start cutting interest rates only to learn otherwise. Is this time different? That’s the bet again. To be sure,...

This week won’t contain all of the economic data we have seen the past couple of weeks, but there will be a Q&A session between Jay Powell and David Rubenstein on Monday, July 15, at 12:30 PM ET....

Global markets Global equities continued to grind higher last week, helped by a softer than expected US CPI report and dovish comments from Fed chair Jerome Powell. The Goldilocks soft landing...

Friday night saw the release of the latest US PPI print and unlike the lower than expected CPI print in the previous session, this one came in hotter than expected, with US markets not as ebullient...

Some state that “bears are like a ‘broken clock,’ they are right twice a day.” While it may seem true during a rising bull market, the reality is that both “bulls” and “bears” are owned by the...

Australian Unity was among the lenders lifting home loan interest rates this week amid continued speculation of an August cash rate hike. Key points G&C Mutual ups special offer rates by up...

DXY got spanked last night: AUD popped but dropped: North Asia took off: Oil and gold up: Base metals sold on deflation: Miners meh: EM rocket: Junk a bit: With US yields finally break the...

In May, core CPI printed at +0.29% and +0.25% on Median. But a lot of that, most of it, was core goods and the question was whether that month was a one-off due to be reversed at some point, or if...

The very positive lead from Wall Street has translated into green across the board here in Asia as all stock markets have advanced in the absence of economic news and events. That may change tonight...

Overnight markets were very ebullient as the latest Fedspeak combined with buoyant tech stocks saw risk markets rise despite tonight’s potentially risky US CPI print. The USD is somewhat mixed...

A less hawkish than expected RBNZ that held fire at today’s meeting was the only major economic release outside of China to move markets today with the Middle Kingdom’s latest inflation figures not...

Research from ING has found the average Australian tourist spent $92.62 per overseas trip on transaction fees over the last 12 months. Key points Australian travellers spent $600 million on...

Overnight markets were quite mixed as European shares continued their recent poor start to the trading week while Wall Street pushed up for a new high but only barely as they rely on a handful of...

DXY is up again: AUD is taking a breather: It is very unusual to see a bullish trend in AUD versus North Asian weakness. Thanks Albofaltion: Oil is puking again: Commods too: EM is still...