The BEA published its recent update on the U.S. GDP (third estimate), in which the growth rate reached 3.9% in Q2 – market expected no change from the previous estimate of 3.7%. This news along with FOMC Chair Yellen’s hawkish…
The Chinese economy remains in the news, and has been for a while, now that the uncertainty around what’s up ahead for the world’s second largest economy rises. One market that has suffered from the concerns over China’s economic progress…
No hike didn’t mean no dollar drive higher. What’s going on? We digest the dovish Fed from all angles, before looking at the implications of the Greek elections and looking at the never resting markets. You are welcome to listen, subscribe…
The highly anticipated FOMC meeting concluded not with a bang – raising rates – but with whimper – keeping us guessing when the next rate hike will occur. In the statement and in Chair Yellen’s press conference it was clearly…
Not only the FOMC opted out from raising rates – with only one dissenter for a rate hike in September – but it also tilted the markets as the members voiced their concerns over the global economy. This decision will…
Another storm in a teacup, no rate hike, more promises about raising rates down the line – after all the dot plot showed most members still think a rate hike is in the cards in 2015 – and another anticlimax…