Major equity indices closed well into positive territory last week. The optimism mainly came on the back of an eleventh hour deal, between US legislators, reached with regards to a threatening “Fiscal...

The US economy created 155k jobs throughout the month of December, mostly in line with the expected 153k increase. The November figure was revised higher to 161k. US labour market continues to show...

German Retail sales for the month of November ticked higher and averted the contraction experienced in October. The actual figures rose to +1.2% from a previous -2.8% and also beating expectations of...

ADP national employment report showed that the US economy added 215’000 jobs throughout the month of December. The actual figure comes out stronger than the expected 140’000 and higher than the...

The number of unemployed rose by 3k in December, improving when compared to the previous 5k registered in November and also better than the expected increase by 10k....

Data out of Switzerland early this morning showed that the KOF leading indicator was out at 1.28 compared to a previous 1.5 and the expected 1.4. This a third consecutive for the leading indicators...

UK manufacturing data surprised positively today as it registered 15-month highs, on the back of improved domestic demand....

The PMI for the euro zone manufacturing sector, a health check for the industry came out at 46.1 compared to the previous estimate of 46.3. The actual reading was even softer when compared to...

The yen fell to the lowest level since august 2010 when seen against the US dollar; weighed by comments from new Japanese Prime Minister, that were intended to increase pressure on the Bank of Japan...

Shinzo Abe officially took the helm as the new Prime Minister of Japan on December 26th following the Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) electoral victory. Since assuming power, the new Japanese...