The January 9 week has a light data schedule. There will be time to consider the implications of the December jobs report from Friday, January 6 on the direction of monetary policy when the FOMC [...]
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 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 [...]
September 5 week was a full market close in observance of Labor Day making a sparse week for the economic calendar even sparser. This will allow plenty of time to mull over the August employment [...]
Having been surprised by the magnitude of the interest rate hike in July, the majority of investors now believe that the ECB is set on front-end loading its tightening policy as it tries to bring [...]