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Dow is up 0.80% as markets cheer softer data; Treasury yields tumble in response.JOLTS and Consumer Confidence data miss, strengthening the case for Fed easing in the coming months.Trade policy ambiguity lingers after Bessent’s vague China comments and Amazon tariff confusion. The Dow Jones Industri

EUR/USD is range-bound around 1.1400, BBH FX analysts report, BBH FX analysts report. Bessent's remarks highlight pressure on ECB policy "Yesterday, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he expected the ECB to cut rates 'to get the Euro back down'. The ECB does not target the exchange rate as a p

The US administration seems to be softening on tariffs and pushing for peace in Ukraine. Does this mean a downturn in gold? Price action on gold hit $3,500 this week but we are seeing a retreat. We are seeing bearing activity on the stochastic oscillator and MACD is trying to fall below zero so we w

Risk assets have come under added pressure following President Trump’s Truth Social post demanding “preemptive” Federal Reserve rate cuts, accusing the Fed Chair of lagging and politicizing monetary policy. This has translated to three-year lows for the US Dollar against outperforming peers. Share:

The Dow tanked over 1,200 points — a brutal 3.1% drop — with the S&P 500 sliding 3.2% and the Nasdaq getting hammered by 3.5%. Not a single Dow component was spared, and the S&P looked like a sea of red. Futures were already wobbling in premarket, but by the time Wall Street clocked in, the

Markets US stocks got absolutely smoked Wednesday as Fed Chair Jerome Powell stepped up and delivered… an airball. Traders looking for even a whiff of a dovish pivot got nothing but rim. The Dow dumped 700 points (-1.73%), the S&P 500 sank 2.24%, and the Nasdaq faceplanted with a 3.07% dive — al

DXY was seen trading near the 99.50 area, weakening despite solid US Retail Sales.Trump’s probe into mineral tariffs and China’s export curbs weighed on sentiment.Key resistance remains around the 101.15–101.85 region; support sits near 98.93. The US Dollar Index (DXY) is under pressure on Wednesday

Trump vows new tariffs on pharmaceuticals, warns EU “took advantage” of US; auto aid also under consideration.China halts Boeing jet deliveries, targets US aircraft parts as trade war expands beyond electronics.Dow’s upside capped near 40,500; a drop below 40,000 could expose 39,877 and deepen beari

CPI inflation failed to rebound above the zero threshold in March as price pressures persist across the board. Combined with a sharp escalation of tariffs, this sets up a suitable window for the People's Bank of China to resume monetary policy easing Deflationary pressures remain significant CPI inf

On the radar President Trump paused reciprocal tariffs for 90 days but increased tariffs on China to 125% Trade deficit in Croatia was at EUR 1384 million in January, while tourism arrivals grew 0.2% y/y in February. Czechia will publish industrial output growth and final March inflation number at 9

This afternoon the Mexican statistics office will release the March inflation figures. However, they are unlikely to tell us much new, Commerzbank's FX analyst Michael Pfister notes. Banxico is likely to continue cutting in the coming months "Firstly, inflation figures are released every two weeks i