New pressures on the Federal Reserve (FED), in the form of a subpoena from the US Department of Justice serves to highlight the crosscurrents impacting the US dollar.
While it might look as if the FX market will trade through to the end of the year in a very stable fashion, there are still a number of events that could generate...
The US dollar has started the week on a softer note. It is a theme that could endure as the currency faces a triple threat in coming weeks.
Many analysts are pretty sure that Fed Chair Powell won’t say this at Friday’s Jackson Hole symposium that the Fed has been put in an impossible position by politics....
Federal Reserve Chair Powell continues to come under attack from President Trump and it does seem to have started unnerving the markets a bit. But what can the...
Aside from the Israel-Iran conflict, the Federal Reserve Chair's testimony to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs next week could have...
If inflationary pressure is caused by this deglobalisation trend, and not the undermining of central bank independence, then it is likely to be experienced by all...
When the FED launched itself into its easing cycle with a large 50-bps rate cut in September, it left many surprised, including ourselves.
The US dollar will presumably be sensitive to the size of the Fed rate cut this week but many analyst said investors should not overplay the role of US monetary policy...
Financial markets will be watching out for FED Chair Powell’s speech to the annual Kansas Fed Jackson Hole conference on Friday.
As we count down to the July 31st FOMC meeting, there seem to be increasing calls for the Fed to do something.
Our understanding of this week’s Fed policy statement and press conference from Chair Powell is that the bank is still minded to ease.
Trust in the Fed Chair is the lowest it has ever been according to Gallup and if you think that this is only a problem in the US, just look at the UK where politicians...
At the moment, it seems that the Fed is expected to start the easing cycle, at least in terms of rate cuts, before major European central banks such as the ECB and BoE.
FED Chairman Powell seems to be suggesting that a high terminal fed funds rate will be anything but transitory.
Fed Chairman Powell will testify before the Senate Banking Committee on the Federal Reserve's semiannual monetary policy report. If he maintains his hawkish stance, gold...
Last week President Biden nominated Fed Chair Powell for a second term. Many people welcomed the continuity. However, with confidence in the Fed falling, does this...
It does matter whether it is a demand or supply shock that is creating the inflationary pressure.
In short term, the market danced to the Fed’s tune, believing that its signal of two rate hikes in 2023 is sufficient to tamp down any surge in price fears that might be...
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