January 10th, 2019
By Kiran Najran
What a difference a couple of months can make. In 2018, the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates four times as the US economy proved to be consistently strong. However,...
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January 9th, 2019
By Kiran Najran
The Dow Jones industrial average started yesterday by jumping almost 300 points at the open. The moves came amid hopes of a trade war breakthrough, brought about by...
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January 8th, 2019
By Kiran Najran
The headline release from the US yesterday, was the ISM non-manufacturing PMI reading for December. Last time around, the reading was exceptionally strong at 60.7 and...
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January 7th, 2019
By Kiran Najran
The headline release from the US on Friday was the non-farm payrolls reading, which came in far better than expected. The figure increased by 312,000 in December...
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January 4th, 2019
By Kiran Najran
Later today we have the Non Farm Payrolls, expected at 179k but arguably the more important series in the release is the average earnings data, expected at 0.3% month...
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January 3rd, 2019
By Kiran Najran
In a typical ‘Risk’ move the dollar had a good day against almost all of the majors, except the Japanese Yen. Despite a meeting between Democrats and Republicans the...
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