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Trading on key Forex news: next week, crucial macroeconomic data releases are expected from the UK, the US, China, Germany, the Eurozone, Australia, Japan, along with the outcome of the Reserve Bank of Australia meeting | 11.08.2025–17.08.2025
Oil prices were fairly steady on Monday as investors took stock of a busy week for US economic data and central bank action last week, which saw the Brent oil prices swing dramatically within a relatively tight range. Having traded between $82 – $59 this year, the Brent trading range is beginning to tighten, reflecting […]
S&P 500 Futures inched 0.1% lower to 6,319.75 points, Nasdaq 100 Futures fell 0.3% to 23,064.75 points, and Dow Jones Futures were largely unchanged at 44,239.0 points U.S. stock index futures were slightly down on Tuesday evening after Wall Street ended lower, dragged by weaker-than-expected economic data and fresh tariff threats by President Donald Trump. […]
The dollar firmed on Friday but was heading for a weekly fall as weakening economic data leads traders to price in the probability of more interest rate cuts this year, and as investors evaluate U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominations to the Federal Reserve. The dollar has dropped since last week’s jobs report for July showed employers added fewer jobs than expected during the month, while job gains from previous months were also revised down sharply. Trump on Thursday, meanwhile, said he will nominate Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Stephen Miran to serve out the final few months of a newly vacant Fed seat, while the White House seeks a permanent addition to the central bank's governing board and continues its search for a new Fed chair.
It was a quiet week on the economic data calendar, but with earnings season in full swing, further trade announcements, and several Fed officials out speaking, there were no shortage of developments for investors to sift through. To say this earnings season has gone better than expected would be an understatement. At this point, over 80% of companies included in the S&P 500 have reported second-quarter earnings. According to Reuters, after factoring in analysts’ forecasts for the remaining 20%, profit growth is tracking close to 12% annualized. That’s more than double what was expected just one month ago, and has without question been a driving force sustaining the recent strength in equities. At the time of writing, the S&P 500 is up 2% on the week and 8.5% on the year. Meanwhile, term-yields climbed a bit higher on the week, even after President Trump appointed Stephen Miran to complete Adriana Kugler’s brief remaining term on the FOMC, and more dovish leaning Governor Waller was reported to be the frontrunner for Fed Chair.
The week is jam-packed with corporate actions, earnings, exciting names on the primary market and key economic data coming in. As the nation celebrates its 79th Independence Day, all eyes will be on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address, given the latest developments on various fronts. The week ahead is set to bring in key economic data from the US, China, Japan and Europe.
TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the new Federal Reserve chair should be someone "who can examine the whole organization" as the Fed's mission has included so many things outside of monetary policy and has put its independence at risk, Japan's Nikkei newspaper reported. "It's someone who has to have the confidence of the markets, the ability to analyze complex economic data," Bessent told the Nikkei in an interview, when asked about the qualities the new Fed chair should possess. "And it's also someone who wants to be, I think, very attuned to forward thinking, as opposed to relying on historical data," Bessent was quoted as saying in the interview, which was conducted in Washington on August 7 and published on Monday.
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Global equity markets lost ground on Monday in a choppy session while yields of long-dated U.S. Treasuries fell, as investors weighed developments on trade and geopolitics in addition to key U.S. economic data. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order extending a tariff truce with China by another 90 days, hours before U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods were due to snap back to triple-digit rates. Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are due to meet in Alaska on Friday to discuss ending Russia's war on Ukraine.