Markets were relatively tepid yesterday, closing the day largely mixed. We saw the first ‘virtual’ Jackson Hole symposium open yesterday, an annual event hosted by the […]

Yesterday (Wednesday 26 August) was quiet in terms of meaningful data releases, seeing broader European and US markets close higher. US durable goods orders (a measure […]

Global equity markets struggled for direction yesterday (25 August 2020) after mixed US economic data suggested that there is the potential for a two-track recovery, between […]

We thought we would be having a quiet start to the week as there was little in the way of economic data yesterday (24 August 2020), […]

Please note: next week’s market updates (from Monday 24th August – Friday 28th August) will be a written commentary only. Our video updates will resume from Tuesday […]

We were completely vexed with the minutes from the Fed’s last monetary policy meeting (which was held on 28-29 July 2020 and released yesterday at 7pm […]

The US economic surprises continued coming yesterday (Tuesday 18 August 2020) with readings for both housing starts and building permits coming in significantly higher than economist […]

This time last week we thought we would be giving you an update on the progress of the US/China trade tensions following the Phase 1 review […]

Yesterday’s (13 August 2020) US jobless claims data came in much better than expected. Initial jobless claims for the week ending Saturday 8 August 2020, fell […]

Yesterday’s US CPI inflation came in higher than expected, with the headline rate rising from 0.6% in June to 1.0% in July, while the core reading, […]