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Central banks will be in the spotlight in the coming fortnight, with the ECB due to meet this week and the Fed in the following one.

ECONOMICS, MARKETS - 21.07.2019

USD sells off on rate cut expectations

With Fed Chair Jerome Powell validating July rate cut expectations last week the USD sold off.

FX, FX WEEK - 14.07.2019

Risk assets recover on trade truce

The third quarter and second half of the year will begin tomorrow with greater optimism now that U.S.-China trade talks are 'back on track'.

FX, FX WEEK - 30.06.2019

Trade tensions continue to influence the markets

Trade tensions and geopolitics are continuing to be the main drivers of markets, causing interest rates to sink and oil prices to gyrate with the USD staying firm.

FX, FX WEEK - 16.06.2019

Non-farm payrolls cause a sharp adjustment in U.S. interest rate expectations

The last week has seen a sharp adjustment in U.S. interest rate expectations, especially after Mays job data dramatically undershot expectations.

FX, FX WEEK - 09.06.2019

FX Week: USD remains underpinned

With trade and geopolitics continuing to dominate the headlines the likelihood is that the USD will remain relatively underpinned, notwithstanding occasional bouts of profit-taking.

FX, FX WEEK - 26.05.2019

Trade talks return to the spotlight

Trade talks have returned into the spotlight after Donald Trump upped the ante by threatening China with steeper tariffs ahead of the resumption of trade negotiations this week.

FX, FX WEEK - 06.05.2019

USD softens as risk appetite recovers

Risk appetite continued to recover last week, but this time G10 currencies performed better at the expense of the USD as confidence that a global recession could be avoided grew.

FX, FX WEEK - 14.04.2019

Risk assets perform

Last week was a good one for risk assets, with the major equity markets and oil prices steadily advancing on the perception that the global economic downturn might not be as bad as feared.

ECONOMICS, MARKETS - 07.04.2019

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U.S. Federal Reserve becomes more dovish

At its March FOMC meeting the Fed saw fit to remove any tightening from its dot-plot projections through the rest of this year, only retaining one projected hike in 2020.

FX, FX WEEK - 24.03.2019

Risk appetite returns

Risk appetite is benefiting from an easing in trade tensions, better than expected U.S. Q4 GDP data, the FOMC's dovishness and expectations that the ECB may provide more stimulus measures.

FX, FX WEEK - 03.03.2019

Risk appetite dominates in a holiday shortened week

In a week that was shortened by the Presidents Day holiday in the United States, markets traded optimistically and risk appetite was the dominant theme.

ECONOMICS, MARKETS - 24.02.2019

Dollar benefits from recent events

The dollar is continuing to benefit from recent events, even as the Fed has adopted a more dovish posture.

FX, FX WEEK - 17.02.2019

Global growth expectations lowered

Downward revisions to growth estimates in many parts of the world increase the perception that monetary policy normalization is being postponed.

FX, FX WEEK - 10.02.2019

Trade and Brexit hopes rise but risks remain

China is said to be proposing a USD 1 trillion budget to boost imports from the U.S. while Chancellor Merkel is apparently hinting that a compromise might be possible to avert a harmful Brexit.

FX, FX WEEK - 20.01.2019

USD declines on renewed risk appetite

Stocks have rebounded, oil prices have risen and for the most part the dollar has declined as risk appetite has returned.

ECONOMICS, MARKETS - 13.01.2019

Risk aversion dominates the first week of 2019

Risk aversion remained a dominant theme for the majority of the first week of 2019 after renewed concerns about a slowdown in global growth.

MARKETS, ECONOMICS - 06.01.2019

USD gains on all the other major currencies

The dollar is firmer than a week ago reflecting the larger uncertainties elsewhere, while Wall Street and bond yields in the US remain heavy and the Trump White House faces its own problems.

FX, FX WEEK - 16.12.2018

USD recovers as week ends

On Friday the USD managed to recoup some of the losses it experienced during the early part of last week, even though stock markets remain fragile and bond yields are still soft.

MARKETS, FX - 25.11.2018

FX Week: JPY gains amid equity rout

Over the last week, equity markets suffered significant declines amid a sharp rise in U.S. Treasury yields and escalating investor concerns over trade disputes between the U.S. and China.

MARKETS, ECONOMICS - 14.10.2018

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