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<ul><li>Eurostoxx +0.5%</li><li>Germany DAX +0.3%</li><li>France CAC 40 +0.5%</li><li>UK FTSE +0.9%</li><li>Spain IBEX +0.6%</li><li>Italy FTSE MIB +1.3%</li></ul><p>After a more sluggish showing yesterday, equities are back on the bounce now in Europe. A late

<p>If traders are not also viewing things similarly, there wouldn't be <a href="https://www.forexlive.com/news/are-traders-finally-getting-on-board-with-the-central-bank-pushback-20240206/" target="_blank" rel="follow">a pullback in rate cuts pricing</a> over the last month or so.</p> This

<ul><li>Prior +0.3%; revised to 0.0%</li></ul><p>The volatile stretch in this series looks to be continuing and I'll get to the details for this one in a bit. As a whole in 2023 though, industrial orders were seen down by 5.9% compared to the year before. As for the sharp increase in December, it owes much to [&he

<p>USD</p><ul><li>The Fed <a href="https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/federal-reserve-leaves-rates-unchanged-at-525-550-20240131/">left interest rates unchanged</a> as expected while dropping the tightening bias in the statement but adding a slight pushback against a March rate cut.</li><li&

<p>There aren't any major expiries to take note of for the day. As such, trading sentiment will continue to revolve around the action in the bond market and risk mood mostly. For now, it seems like <a href="https://www.forexlive.com/news/dollar-takes-a-step-back-ahead-of-european-trading-today-20240206/" target="_blank&

<p>The dollar and Treasury yields surged higher after the stronger ISM non-manufacturing report yesterday <a href="https://www.forexlive.com/news/ism-nonmanufacturing-pmi-for-january-534-versus-520-estimate-20240205/" target="_blank" rel="follow">here</a>. The fact that traders are also considering to

<p>Both the CSI 300 and Shanghai Composite indices are up by over 3% on the day now as Chinese authorities are stepping in to intervene in the market again. The yuan currency itself also seeing a notable rebound with USD/CNH in particular falling back to near 7.20 after having traded close to 7.22 earlier in […]

<ul><li>Government is taking steps to achieve stable wage growth, accompanied by moderate inflation</li><li>This is to end deflation and to create a positive economic cycle</li><li>Hopes that BOJ takes that into account in making monetary policy decisions</li></ul><p>It is clear that they are bo

In its first decision of 2024, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) maintained the cash rate at 4.35% following the latest meeting of the Bank’s Board.

RBA Leaves Rates Unchanged, Says Inflation Remains High; US Treasury Yields Rise; US Stock Markets Bullish Near Record Highs.