29th November 2021

Week Ahead: Beyond COVID, PMIs and Payrolls are in focus

It is a packed economic calendar this week, with PMIs across major economies and culminating in anot (...)

24th November 2021

Mid-week majors: No push back yet on the tide of USD strength

We look at how USD strength continues to impact various asset classes, with forex and commodities st (...)

22nd November 2021

Week Ahead: Flash PMIs and US Prelim GDP in focus

It is a shortened trading week for the US due to the Thanksgiving holiday, but flash PMIs and Prelim (...)

17th November 2021

Impact of growing pressure to hike on the Bank of England

Pressure is mounting on the Bank of England to hike rates in December. We believe this will now unde (...)

15th November 2021

Week Ahead: US Retail Sales, a slew of tier-one major data

Tier one data is again a little limited in the US this week, but the focus will certainly be on the (...)

11th November 2021

Week Ahead: US inflation stands out in a less hectic week

It may be a little less packed with tier one data this week, but US CPI inflation certainly stands o (...)

4th November 2021

Fed tapering begins tentatively but could see more

The Federal Reserve has tentatively started to reduce asset purchases. Although there was no hawkish (...)

1st November 2021

Week Ahead: Fed meeting key amongst central banks and PMIs

It is a huge week for major markets, with the Federal Reserve and Nonfarm Payrolls dominating. Add i (...)

28th October 2021

ECB plays it straight, temporary inflation to unwind in 2022

The ECB has changed little and given little away in today’s meeting. Markets will look towards Decem (...)

25th October 2021

Week Ahead: Advance GDP plus three major central banks

The final week of the month has an array of tier-one announcements. US growth, major central banks a (...)

19th October 2021

Espresso morning call: Tuesday 19th October trading updates

Bulls will be pleasantly surprised with yesterday’s session. Initial weakness was bought into, whils (...)

18th October 2021

Week Ahead: Inflation and flash PMIs in focus for majors

We look ahead to the key events impacting markets in the coming week. Inflation and flash PMIs are t (...)