Markets Hold Steady with Fed’s Rate Cut and 2025 Outlook in Focus

As US session begins, Euro continues to face significant downward pressure, largely influenced by political developments in France. The call for a snap election following the far-right National Rally party’s gains in the EU election has sparked concerns among investors, driving French 10-year yield to its highest level since November. Additionally, the spread between French […]

Market reactions were indecisive after Fed’s much-anticipated rate cut overnight. The initial optimism that sparked a rally in US stocks quickly fizzled out, with major indexes closing in the red, while Treasury yields staged a recovery. The reaction was somewhat anticlimactic but understandable given the unusually high level of uncertainty surrounding this FOMC meeting. In […]

New Zealand Dollar dips mildly as the new week began on a quiet note. This comes in wake of New Zealand weaker services data and the decline in short-term inflation expectations, which may provide some relief to RBNZ about the persistence of high inflation. However, the key question remains on the pace at which inflation […]