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Helped by stronger auto sales, the first increase in six months, US retail sales likely turned in another solid showing of around 0.8%, the average pace in August and September. In October, both the Empire State and the Philadelphia results were weaker than expected. However, Kansas C...

The focus on Wall Street is all about inflation and whether the Fed is making a policy mistake. If there’s one major central bank that’s hoping to catch a break on inflation, the Bank of England is surely it. The week kicks off with a selection of Chinese data releas...

The October inflation report is expected to show pricing pressures run to the hottest levels since 1990. China releases Inflation data on Wednesday but in the immediate term markets will be on tenterhooks over the coming weekend. Australian employment data on Thursday will cause i...

The Fed will announce ‘mission accomplished’ on reaching “substantial further progress” on both inflation and employment mandates. Despite Christine Lagarde’s best efforts, the markets were not buying what she had to sell which could be extremely pro...

Wall Street still remains upbeat despite a growing energy crisis that threatens the economic recovery, widespread price increases, and mixed economic data. If energy costs seem poised to head much higher, the unbalanced global economic recovery could dent risk appetite and lead to som...

The global recovery continues but momentum has weakened, hobbled by the pandemic. Compared to our July forecast, the global growth projection for 2021 has been revised down marginally to 5.9 percent and is unchanged for 2022 at 4.9 percent. The dangerous divergence in economic pro...

We view the U.S. Treasury yield spike as resolving a disconnect between the powerful restart and lower yields in recent months, and stay tactically pro-risk. U.S. 10-year yields jumped to the highest level in three months. Markets are prone to volatility, but ultimately we see yields ...

Risks to US economic recovery are growing as inflation pressures intensify. The German election was won narrowly by the SPD, as expected, but coalition talks will take some time. Key for the UK at the moment is interest rate expectations with the market’s pricing in three b...

The next few months are going to be extremely interesting in the markets, with central banks becoming less comfortable with the level of stimulus they’re providing, economic recoveries slowing and market risks mounting. Evergrande has come to the forefront of investors minds in...

The focus in the US shifts from the labor market to pricing pressures. EU economic and financial affairs ministers are meeting in Slovenia. The meeting concludes on Saturday, September 11. The UK releases August unemployment claims and the unemployment rate on Tuesday. For f...