Donald Trump

Since Donald Trump became President of the United States, he has frequently used Twitter to vent with his tweets often having a significant impact on the global markets. Trump has discussed many conspiracy theories on the medial social…
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Believe it or not, Twitter has the power to influence governments and the financial markets through tweets. One person who has moved policy and market directions through his tweets is US President, Donald Trump. Ever since Mr. Trump took…
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While until recently, economists were hawkish on the Bank of Canada and preparing for a rate hike as early as July, the prospects of a rate hike are starting to diminish if recent data is anything to go by. Last week, data from Canada…
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All eyes were on Vienna last week as the OPEC nations and Russia met over two days for the semi-annual OPEC meeting. The main focus of the meeting was whether the OPEC nations and Russia could agree to reaching a deal to plug the void left…
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Daily Forex Market Preview, 18/06/2018 The markets opened on Monday to the news over the weekend about the U.S. President Trump announcing fresh tariffs on China. The Trump administration imposed a 25% tariff on about $50 billion on…
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Despite all the attention commanded by the US dollar, its Canadian counterpart remains the strongest performing currency since the start of the month and the beginning of the quarter. Negotiations to save the North American Free Trade…
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Crude oil prices rallied last week to hit a three and a half year high after the U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Washington was pulling out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday. Speaking at a brief press conference, Trump…
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Summary: IMF maintains global GDP to advance 3.9% this year Trade tensions expected to derail global economic recovery S. GDP expected to advance 2.9% in 2018 Japan GDP expected to advance 1.2% in 2018 UK GDP expected to…
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The semi-annual currency report was released by the U.S. Department of Treasury last week. The report, published under the Trump administration refrained from naming any of the trading partners as currency manipulators but maintained…
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The month of March saw the Federal Reserve Bank hiking interest rates by 25 basis points in a highly anticipated move. The central bank signaled that it would stick to three rate hikes this year amid speculation that the Fed could move for…
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