Another subtle shift is Mohamed's rhetoric in favour of the US administration. Admiration weakens with the case being expressed. Big picture is that might is right in trade and occasional wars. USA has been the major beneficiary of free trade as ...

The Dialectic of Global Trade Policy

WTO would be the best forum for such memoranda. Otherwise the clock is ticking against USA and the lame duck period upcoming.

U.S. China Are Working on Multiple Memorandums for Trade Deal

Global capital formation has been blitzed by US initiation of protectionist (Socialist if you prefer) measures - random and threatened tariffs, sanctions, and jawboning interfering in the day to day decisions of businesses globally whether ...

US economic momentum can hold the cycle for a 'few more quarters,' JP Morgan's market guru...

Volatility is a good thing. Noise is noise. America has an Adonis body and the head is a donkey.

Red-hot U.S. economy ignores global cooling - for now

That ends well. Cuchu, you relax as a trader?

Why Pound Traders Should Stop Obsessing Over Brexit Day

Rushing to buy options? That queue is empty.

Why Pound Traders Should Stop Obsessing Over Brexit Day

If its SELL bonds time then that's bullish for USD as buyers need USD to purchase bonds from FED. You could call it QT (quantitative tightening) the reverse of QE. Or currency manipulation depending on use of other policy instruments. Bullish USD.

The next big market catalyst will be what the Fed says about its balance sheet this week

Supply creates it's own demand? Say's Law is illogical in a dynamic context such as this. The wage structures are flexible and should remove excess supply and demand through time. Unless there are constraints on market competition which need policy ...

Changes in US Labor Force Participation Help Explain Recent Job Gains

It is notable that no fewer than 5 parties block voted against the January HoC motion of the Government - Labour, SNP, LDP, DUP and Plaid Cymru or a total of 310 votes. (yes Labour was 98.8% the other 100%). Were the people who voted for these ...

Minister plans to vote against government to stop no-deal Brexit

Or may not. Have a look at the Dollar Index over the long term and you will see that we are not talking just about year highs but multi year highs imminently. This time around the global cycle is quite different in that the role reversal of USD is ...

US Dollar Bulls may Turn Cautious

Not at all in my experience. Nor in common sense world.

Foreigners Dump Canadian Bonds at Record Levels

Everything is a sell vs USD.

With or without trade war deal, disputes between China and US set to intensify, says Beijing...

Such decisions are about modern portfolio management not petty moodiness. Traders and investors are often intelligent.

Foreigners Dump Canadian Bonds at Record Levels

Agree with Tudor Loan. That was a while ago.

Foreigners Dump Canadian Bonds at Record Levels

Perhaps. Big picture is that EU has failed for UK over 45 years. If it matters what the reasons are then it's too late. Looks likely that EXIT is going ahead within weeks. A customs union of 27 countries or thereabouts is no longer relevant in ...

UK PM May's Spokeswoman: -PM Focused On Delivering What Parliament Voted For On Jan. 29, To...

I am still out. Either there will be a deal accepted soon and agreed by a majority in HoC and EU and I would expect (using GBPCHF) a short target of 150 currently 130. OR there is no deal and a hard brexit at end of March, target 110. Clearly I ...

EU27 still waiting for concrete, realistic proposals from London on how to break Brexit...

Gross not net. Also USA GDP now indicative of US assets worth USD 100 trillion. But US policies are restricting global growth rate and expected return on US assets. That's the real issue - destroying value by pretending you are doing great things. ...

National debt tops $22 trillion for the first time as experts warn of ripple effects

This is an issue of corporate governance - shareholders versus management. So need a fuller analysis from someone you can trust (good luck). 'Swamp' resonates better than 'Pond'. And since we are talking about forex within the banking sector the ...

World’s third largest FX dealer by volume lashes out at US investor’s plans to ‘break up the...

Kiwis soars means RBNZ succeeded in confusing market. Dollar edging does not mean anything much. Risk assets have an occasional day. Stay focused on big picture. If you can see it please let me know.

US dollar slips as trade progress boosts risk assets; kiwi soars

The best 8 years for stocks were 1992 to 2000 - Bill Clinton. Correlations are not causations.

S&P Soars To Best Start In 28 Years As Collusion, China, & Border Headlines Hit