Plenty to look forward to

By Craig Erlam   It hasn’t been the most thrilling start to the week, but the good news is that it should improve from here as the US rejoins and the economic calendar

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Choppy trading

By Craig Erlam   Equity markets were largely moving lower on Tuesday, reversing part of Monday’s gains in what remains quite choppy trade. Earnings season will continue to dominate and so far, there

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Growing optimism?

By Craig Erlam  Equity markets pushed higher on Wednesday, buoyed by softer yields and some promising PMI revisions in Europe. It appears investors are increasingly coming around to the idea that central

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Off to a bad start

By Craig Erlam There’s been a lot of economic data to digest so far on Thursday and yet nothing has really changed as far as markets are concerned, with September kicking off

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Least worst choices

By Jeffrey Halley  The Reserve Bank of New Zealand raised policy rates by 0.50% to 2.0% Wednesday morning, with Governor Orr setting a hawkish tone in the press conference afterwards. In the

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