Much of investor focus last week went to the ECB policy rate decision and the subsequent communication delivered last Thursday, and the US payrolls data issued last Friday. As can be expected ahead of...

Yesterday the economic docket was, relatively speaking, rather quiet at least when it came to US or EZ data. Major US equities registered some minor gains as investors returned after recent sell-offs....

Wall Street closed in the red for its third consecutive day led by the tech sector sell off. US trading session weighed on Asian equities too and the Nikkei ceded 1.36% today....

The US economy created 192k jobs throughout the month of March, actually easing from a previous 197K (this was revised higher from 175k). While in itself the figure at least maintains its current...

Today it’s all about US Nonfarm payrolls. The economic docket is relatively quiet ahead of the release of this US data, so more than ever we should expect US Payrolls to get the limelight. Amongst the...

The dollar edged higher on Thursday, up to a two-month high against the Japanese yen, before key data from the US. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index trades at its highest level in two weeks....

In contrast to a press conference following her first FOMC meeting as Federal Reserve Chairman, Janet Yellen gave what many considered a very dovish speech on Monday, highlighting the slack in the...

US equities closed in the green yesterday encouraged by improving construction and manufacturing data from the US for March. In Asia equities took the positive handover with the Japanese Nikkei...

The USD is on the defensive this morning despite continuing to cede ground to the euro. The EUR/USD has been testing higher ground since last Friday. Despite this move higher the greenback has so far...

The euro looks hesitant this morning, while gaining against the Aussie it is mostly flat across the rest of the majors. We see the EUR/USD just 50 pips off last week’s lows – currently at 1.3750. The...