Currencies

US Labor Market Slumps - Speculation Mounts Over Summer Rate Cut

An unexpected downturn in the US labor market in February is fueling speculation of a potential interest rate cut this summer. On balance, 92,000 non-farm jobs were lost, according to...

Stock Markets and Oil Prices Stabilize, Experts Remain Cautious

After two days of losses, stock markets rebounded on Wednesday. However, experts are urging caution in light of the ongoing war in the Middle East. By midday, the DAX and the EuroStoxx50 were both up...

Prices Already Rising Before Middle East War – How Long Will the ECB Rate Pause Last?

Prices in the eurozone were already on the rise before the outbreak of war in the Middle East, fueling speculation about higher key interest rates later this year. Goods and services became on average...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): The euro retreats sharply

Recent geopolitical developments are reshuffling the pack and giving the dollar some breathing room. Not because of US economic expansion , but above all as a defensive move. On the one hand,...

DAX Nears Record Highs as BASF Outlook Dampens Buying Mood

The DAX inched its way toward new record highs on Friday, advancing in small steps. Germany's benchmark index climbed as much as 0.5 percent to 25,405 points on Friday—just shy of its all-time...

Dax Edges Up Cautiously – No Euphoria After Nvidia Results

Despite Nvidia's impressive numbers, the Dax struggled to gain traction on Thursday. The German blue-chip index was barely in positive territory at 25,213 points, while the EuroStoxx50 set a fresh...

Tariffs: how the White House tripped over its own feet

The White House loves to dramatise the stakes. But it is a double-edged strategy.

Winners and losers from Trump's new 15% global tariff

The U.S. Supreme Court annulment of President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs justified on national emergency grounds and Trump's subsequent move to impose a temporary 15% global tariff have thrown...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): Without a pivot, no salvation

For several months, the market had been operating on a simple script: solid growth, easing inflation, two rate cuts starting in June. However, the PCE has now complicated that equation. While most...

With US tariff rates up in the air, the economic fog again thickens

U.S. and foreign officials, corporate executives, analysts and investors had begun to hope the tumultuous U.S. trade policy reversals of last year were finished. Now they face rekindled uncertainty...

Reaction to US Supreme Court ruling and Trump's new tariff threat

U.S. President Donald Trump said he will raise a temporary tariff on U.S. imports from all countries to 15% from 10%, following a Supreme Court decision striking down a large swath of his tariffs. The...

Tariff ruling limits Trump's leverage but won't end uncertainty for trade partners

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to strike down a large swath of President Donald Trump's tariffs has weakened his ability to threaten and impose tariffs at a moment's notice, but it won't end...

Supreme Court tariff ruling clouds Fed's rate path after a year of upheaval

The Supreme Court's ruling against a broad set of the Trump administration's tariffs poses new questions for Federal Reserve policymakers who have spent the last year trying to understand how the...

Trump nodded to low GDP numbers in social post ahead of public release, blaming shutdown

President Donald Trump seemingly flagged a disappointing end-of-year reading on U.S. economic growth before it was made public, criticizing the role Democrats played in an extended government shutdown...

German Economy Sounds Alarm Over China

Just ahead of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's trip, German industry has voiced serious concerns about economic threats posed by China. In a paper obtained by Reuters from the Asia-Pacific Committee of...

Dollar set for best week in four months on hawkish Fed, geopolitics

The dollar was poised on Friday to cap its strongest weekly performance since October, buoyed by a run of better-than-expected economic data, a more hawkish Federal Reserve outlook and as tensions...

Japan's core inflation slows to 2-year low, complicates BOJ rate-hike timing

Japan's annual core consumer inflation hit a two-year low to match the central bank's 2% target in January, data showed on Friday, suggesting weakening price pressure that could complicate its...

Fed's Kashkari: Hassett comments about Fed researchers represent another attack on independence

The call by a top Trump administration official for New York Federal Reserve staff to be disciplined for recent research on tariffs was just the latest move by the administration to undermine the...

Visa strikes deal for Prisma, Newpay to boost Argentina presence

Card giant Visa said on Thursday it would buy payment platforms Prisma and Newpay from private-equity firm Advent International, bolstering its presence in Argentina. The deal will help...