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Summary The US has a very busy week ahead. The two main events are Fed Chair Powell’s semi-annual testimony to Congress and the nonfarm payroll report. Christine Lagarde’s appearance in the middle of next week will be highly anticipated following the February inflation dat...
Summary Water, electricity, and fuel supplies have come under pressure in South Africa from deficiencies in infrastructure, atypical climate patterns, and global supply chain disruptions. Manufacturing and agriculture will continue to experience power cuts in municipalities struggling t...
Summary Disinflation trends are struggling and now Wall Street will look to see if improving manufacturing and service activity will further fuel pricing pressures. Eurozone: While headline inflation has been falling, core remains at the peak and policymakers are unlikely to ease off th...
Summary The latest round of economic data (retail sales, CPI, PPI, jobless claims) are all signaling more Fed rate hikes are coming. A quiet week for the UK with the early part bringing PMIs from the services and manufacturing sectors and the latter BoE appearances. This week’...
Summary The COP27 presented a number of challenges that nations will face in the coming years. At present, “pure” green activities represent a very small portion of global GDP and an even smaller portion of emerging market economies. Investing directly in transition or...
Summary The Valentine’s Day inflation report is the main event of this week. Investors will pay close attention to Fed speak after the January inflation report. In the EU, central bank speak as ever remains key with President Lagarde on Wednesday the standout. GDP figures...
Summary Traders will pay close attention to initial jobless claims and the University of Michigan sentiment report. We learned a lot this past week about the position the euro area economy is in, the ECB's perception of it, and the market’s trust in the central bank. The stan...
Summary Traders will focus on the FOMC decision, but they should also closely watch mega-cap tech earnings and the nonfarm payroll report. Economic data releases include India’s fiscal deficit, eight infrastructure industries, and both manufacturing and services PMIs. Cryptos...
Summary It will be a busy week filled with the first look at Q4 GDP, corporate earnings, and US debt ceiling gridlock. The EU flash PMIs early in the week will be of keen interest as investors continue to assess how much trouble the economy is in. While the UK PMIs would typically b...
Summary It will be a busy week filled with a wide range of economic indicators, lots of Fed speak, and earnings season heats up. The run-up to the February ECB meeting is going to bring immense focus on incoming data and central bank speak. So it turns out the UK may have just about...