The US$ eases, oil prices firm, equity markets are up, while US yields are mixed as investors await the Fed Chairs speech. Risk-on sentiment improves ahead of Fed Chairs Powell’s speech today where he is expected comment on the economy and the labor markets. Powell is expected to signal that the F...

The US$ weakens, oil prices strengthens, equity markets are up while US yields fall as China protests ease. Market optimism cautiously improves as speculation mounted that unrest in Chinese cities over covid restrictions may force authorities to move faster in loosening covid curbs. Beijing today pl...

The US$ weakens, oil prices tumble, while Equity markets and US yields fall as risk sentiment dampens. Equity markets & oil markets slump on covid unrest in China as protests raise global growth concerns and complicates expectations of the China’s path to reopening. China’s industrial pr...

The US$ eases, oil prices weaken, equity markets are up, while US yields slip after the Fed minutes. Risk sentiment improved after the Federal Reserve meeting minutes showed support for more moderate interest rate increases even as some underscored the need for a higher terminal rate. We anticipate ...

The US$ eases, oil prices fall, equity markets firm, while US yields are mixed ahead of the FOMC minutes. The Fed minutes are expected to show a degree of support for higher peak for interest rates than previously signaled in the Feds fight against inflation. Economist at Rand Merchant Bank said, �...

The US$ is lower, oil prices strengthen, equity markets are up, while US yields fall on Fed comments. Risk sentiment improves on comments from San Francisco Fed President Daly said that officials need to be mindful of the lags in the transmission of policy changes, while Cleveland Fed President Mest...

The US$ strengthens, oil prices weaken, equity markets are down, while US yields rise as Fed speakers dampen risk sentiment. Risk sentiment eases as stronger-than-expected US economic data and a raft of Fed speakers dampened expectations the Federal Reserve could end its rate-hiking cycle earlier th...