The new year starts off slowly in the January 2 week. Monday is a federal holiday with full market closures. Release of the economic data is minimal on Tuesday. Most of the reports are crowded [...]
The December 26 week is a sleepy one, or it should be. The economic data calendar saw a pre-holiday rush to get the major reports out in the prior week. This coming week is pretty [...]
The December 19 week has a busy schedule of data releases leading up to the holiday weekend. It includes a few adjustments as private and government releases are pushed up to get them out of [...]
Ahead of Thursday’s BoE MPC announcement the only question troubling investors is, once again, the size of the seemingly inevitable hike in Bank Rate. The benchmark rate has already been raised at each of the [...]
The ECB’s key interest rates have been raised a cumulative 200 basis points since the start of the current tightening cycle back in July. That in itself might be seen as reason for expecting this [...]
Inflation might have fallen since the SNB’s September Monetary Policy Assessment (MPA) but the central bank has made it very clear that it wants to see yearly price rises sustainably back below 2 percent and [...]
The December 12 week’s focus will be on the Tuesday-Wednesday FOMC meeting, and the November data for retail sales and the CPI.November’s CPI will be posted on Tuesday at 8:30 EST and the data could [...]
The results of the December 13-14 FOMC meeting are now one week away. The FOMC statement and quarterly update to the Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) are scheduled for 1400 EST on Wednesday, December 14. [...]
Entering the December 5 week, the focus will be less on the economic data and more on the FOMC meeting on December 13-14. The communications blackout period around the meeting is in effect between midnight [...]
Named as the Chicago Fed’s next president, Austan Goolsbee will complete Charles Evans’ term which ends on February 28, 2026 and will be eligible for reappointment. Goolsbee has significant public service experience, including a stint [...]