US Dollar Seesaws After Federal Court Blocks Trump’s Tariffs

Markets EMU PMI’s confirmed the economy is gradually leaving contraction/stagnation territory that reigned in in the second half of last year and during the first months of 2024. The composite output index rose from 50.3 in March to 51.4 in April, the second consecutive reading >50 after 9 months in contraction territory and the best […]

Markets And the summer slide continues. Core bond yields yesterday dropped another 2.7-10.8 bps in the US & 4.9-7.8 bps in Germany. The front outperformed after a series of US economic data disappointed across the board. Weekly jobless claims rose to the highest in 11 months, Q2 unit labor costs eased sharply to 0.9% and […]

Retail sales rose 1.0% for the month of July. That was much higher than the consensus forecast calling for a more moderate increase of 0.4%. However, June’s figure was revised downward to -0.2% month/month (previously flat). Trade in the auto sector was up 3.6% m/m, as the increase at motor vehicle dealers (4.0%) was partially […]