Weekly Focus – China Makes a Big Push to Turn the Economy

The US dollar’s recovery continues, and other markets are starting to notice. The dollar index is up 1.4% to 101.7, having found support twice in the first half of last week before falling to 101.4. The bounce has seen the dollar recover a quarter of the anti-rally from its peak in late July to the […]

In focus today Today, two Riksbank board members will give speeches on monetary policy and the economic outlook, Aino Bunge (8.30) and Per Jansson (16.00). It will be very interesting to hear their comments on the benign March inflation print and the recent global developments, in particular how they assess the perception of delayed rate […]

The Canadian economy registered a third consecutive month of effectively no growth on a month-on-month (m/m) basis in October. This print comes in below Statistics Canada’s advanced guidance and market expectations for a 0.2% m/m gain. The flash estimate for November points to a modest gain of 0.1% m/m. October’s reading was mixed, with output […]