By Craig Erlam It’s been a rough start to the week for stock markets, with trade data from China not helping to lift the mood at a time when we’re already seeing
By Naeem Aslam The most important day of the month is here: the US non-farm payrolls. This particular data set has the ability to not only dictate the trading tone for the
By Edward Moya Wall Street is watching a global bond market selloff get uglier as US stocks wavered late Thursday ahead of massive earnings from Apple and Amazon. A lot of economic
By Edward Moya US stocks are getting hit with a one-two punch on the Fitch US sovereign downgrade overnight and expectations the US Treasury will continue to boost the size of their
By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Market Analyst at FXTM Asian markets were a mixed bag on Tuesday as weak China data countered the initial optimism set off by Wall Street overnight, after the
By Edward Moya US stocks wavered as a key Federal Reserve survey showed loan growth is weakening and that the economy should steadily weaken. The Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey (SLOOS) indicates
By Naeem Aslam The Bank of Japan has stolen the thunder with its monetary policy move, and it has done what it does best, which is create a massive knee-jerk reaction in
By Craig Erlam Equity markets are treading water at the start of what is going to be a very lively week. There are some huge central bank meetings this week, the most
By Craig Erlam It’s been a long time coming, but inflation in the UK is finally on the decline and in a rare show of good news, it’s falling at a faster
By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Market Analyst at FXTM Asian shares flashed red on Tuesday as concerns over China’s sluggish economic recovery weighed on sentiment. The disappointing GDP data published in the previous
