In an act of pique, due to not receiving funding for the infamous Mexico-USA wall, Trump declared a state of national emergency on Thursday night. The practicalities, if the national emergency comes into force, are straightforward. His govt, his de facto executive, can then take control of national spending, in order to divert funds to […]
The latest retail sales data for the USA economy missed the Reuters target by some distance when published. The forecast was for a drop to 0.1%, however, the actual print came in at -1.2% for December, month on month. Analysts and market commentators on channels such as Bloomberg, scrambled around for an explanation; stock market
Germany’s latest GDP figure for Q4 came in at 0.00%, ahead of the -0.2% recorded for Q3. Two quarters (in series) of negative readings is regarded as a recession. Therefore, Germany’s economy could currently be described as stagnant, despite YoY growth coming in at 0.9%. The reasons for the recent contraction in the economy include:
The German economy avoids a technical recession, whilst China’s exports bounce back Read More »
On Wednesday morning, the U.K. statistics agency, the ONS, published its latest data series and snapshot, regarding inflation for the U.K. The headline CPI inflation surprised the economists polled by Reuters, coming in at -0.8% for the month of January. Whilst CPI annually fell to 1.8%, from the 2.1% figure recorded up to December 2018.
FX trading is a global 24/5 business, it hardly ever sleeps. From Sunday evening to Friday evening, the industry, in all its facets, turns over circa $5 trillion each trading day. The FX markets are moved primarily by breaking economic news and high impact calendar events. These events are listed on your economic calendar. All
Thursday February 14th is a busy day for high impact calendar news. Crucial data concerning: the German economy, the Eurozone and the USA economy, will be released. This is data which has the power to move markets, particularly if the forecasts by various news agencies are missed, or beaten. The forecasts are obtained after the
Overnight and in the early morning Sydney and Asian trading sessions, many of the globe’s prominent equity markets continued the “risk on” rise, which has developed over recent sessions. President Trump intimated during a questions and answers session, as he held a cabinet meeting in the Whitehouse, that the date for a Chinese trade and
Global equity markets continue the bullish momentum as trade optimism continues to build Read More »
December 2018 proved to be an unusual and rogue month for USA equity markets, traditionally the markets rally in late December, whilst delivering the infamous Santa rally. But 2018 was different; the key U.S. markets sold off, with the NASDAQ and SPX entering correction territory, defined as a market slumping 20% from its recent high.
Many of you will have stumbled into FX trading by accident, rather than design. FX markets are not like other markets, that you’ve always been familiar with, in which you simply take a punt. The FX retail trading market can’t be compared to, for example, sports betting markets, where you may (in a stress free
On Wednesday February 13th, both the U.K. and USA statistics agencies will publish the latest metrics relating to inflation, for their respective economies. Inflation figures rank as high impact economic calendar events, due to their ability to move FX markets, particularly if the actual figures which are printed, miss or beat the forecasts from agencies
