Snookered
Did Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, get himself into a pickle? With bond yields still on the rise, it´s starting to look that way. The markets seem to […]
Tag Archives: Federal Open Market Committee
Dovish Dots, but less stimulus the trend
After disbelieving the Fed for months, markets braced for a powerful message accompanying the first rate hike of this year. But that didn’t happen. One dovish hike and speech made […]
The week in charts – episode 2
11. Mark Rutte’s VVD wins Dutch elections, Wilders’ PVV second In the end, things were much less exiting than the polls made us believe. Rutte became the clear winner obtaining […]
Week End Blog – US inflation, the low volatility saga and Chinese house prices
Ms. Yellen took center stage this week as the Fed again trimmed its bond buying program. The Fed cut its estimate for this year’s US economic growth, after a dismal […]
What Is Driving The Euro?
A couple of months ago I wrote about the two contradicting factors at work that prevented the USD/EUR from finding direction. This has changed of late. While from a longer […]
The Fed and the Facts
Markets have reacted pretty intensely in recent weeks with respect to the next policy steps by the Federal Reserve. ‘Tapering’, the latest buzz word in financial markets, used to refer […]
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