In the October 24 week, much of the focus will be on the FOMC meeting on November 1-2 in the following week. Fed policymakers will not be making any comments regarding monetary policy this week [...]
There are three foci for the economic data in the October 17 week. These are the housing market, the surveys of manufacturing, and the Fed’s Beige Book. Expectations appear firmly in place for another 75 [...]
The October 10 week starts with the federal holiday of Columbus Day on Monday. Banks and the bond market will be closed but not the stock market which will be open. Retailers are likely to [...]
Nothing on the week’s data calendar will compare in importance to the September Employment Situation at 8:30 ET on Friday. Fed policymakers are keeping a close watch on all the labor market data, but it [...]
Most of the economic data are going to be less relevant in the wake of the FOMC’s 75 basis point rate hike on September 21. Housing data will mostly look back at August when there [...]
Financial markets have become very used to the BoE MPC raising Bank Rate. It has done so at every policy-setting meeting since it began the current tightening cycle last December and expectations are that Thursday’s [...]
The SNB’s unexpectedly large 50 basis point hike in its benchmark rate to minus 0.25 percent in June was widely seen as indicative of a major shift in policy and proof of the central bank’s [...]
The US calendar in the September 19 week is dominated by the September 20-21 FOMC meeting. In recent weeks Fed policymakers have been sending strong and consistent signals that taming inflation remains the priority for [...]
The September readings of the general business conditions indexes in the New York and Philadelphia Feds surveys of manufacturing moved in different directions. However, in the end, they appear to be telling much the same [...]
In the September 12 week, analysts will keep a close watch on the economic data to shape expectations for the September 20-21 FOMC meeting. Fed policymakers will be in their communications blackout period (midnight, September [...]