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The US-China trade talks remain one of the key factors for the markets. By Friday, equity markets closed lower as risk sentiment fell. China said that it was cutting the trade talks short, prompting President Trump to state that trade…
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The global economic growth is projected to slow to a ten-year low, according to the latest report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). According to OECD, global growth is set to expand at a pace of 2.9%…
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Tomorrow is a pretty busy day on the economic calendar! Key data is coming out both in Europe and the Americas. Here we'll be focusing on inflation data from the UK and Canada. As most central banks around the world are heading…
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Boris Johnson, Britain's rather controversial Prime Minister, is running out of options. Last Friday, a bill to block a no-deal Brexit by October 31st passed the House of Lords. It should now be made law as early as Monday. The bill…
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The week ahead will see investors shifting focus to the European Central Bank which will be stealing the limelight given the expectations. However, there are other high-ticket events lined up over the week such as US inflation, producer…
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The UK PM lost the first and most critical battle in Parliament yesterday. MPs voted to block a no-deal Brexit. Rebel Torry MPs joined other party MPs in a bid to take power from Boris Johnson and avoid a hard Brexit. Forex traders were…
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The UK's Prime Minister faces a fresh electoral threat from 20 rebel Tory MPs who have joined Jeremy Corbyn's efforts to rule out a no-deal Brexit. The motion to block a no-deal Brexit will most likely be tabled in Parliament as MPs fear…
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Risk appetite returned on Thursday after China said that it was willing to resolve the trade disputes. The comments came from the Ministry of Commerce. The US and China trade dispute escalated early on after the US levied additional tariffs…
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Following a rather slow week as far as the economic data is concerned, the Fed meeting today will be one to watch. Investors are likely to remain on the sidelines in the run-up to the release of the FOMC minutes today. The data comes as…
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Equity markets got a boost on Tuesday after news emerged that the Trump administration was delaying the tariffs on some Chinese products until December this year. The Washington administration also cut down on the items that were to face…
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