In Focus

  • week InAdvance: December 9, 2024

    • Monday, December 9, 2024

    Mon Dec 9 China PPI, CPI. | Tue Dec 10 UN Human Rights Day. SEC to discuss finfluencers. Australia rate decision. | Wed Dec 11 CFTC meets on central counterparty risk and governance. US consumer price index. | Thu Dec 12 ECB and Switzerland rate decisions. Billboard Music Awards. | Fri Dec 13 Russia's arctic forum in St. Petersburg.

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  • Week InReview: December 6, 2024

    • Friday, December 6, 2024

    Bond traders eye US jobs data for clues. Traders seeking support for bets that the Fed will cut interest rates this month will be watching the US jobs report at 8:30 a.m. in Washington. It’ll likely take a very strong reading to upend the view the Fed will cut by a quarter point.   The European Central Bank will cut interest rates more rapidly than previously thought to boost the economy — a quarter-point reduction next week and then at every policy meeting through June, a Bloomberg survey shows.   Chinese shares rally on optimism a key policy meeting next week will deliver fresh stimulus. Later today, the markets’ focus will be on US payrolls data forecast to show a rebound in hiring in November.   Trading turned subdued ahead of the November US non-farm payrolls report due on Friday, which is expected to show hiring bounced. The S&P 500 fell for the first time in five days after repeatedly closing at a record, while Treasury yields pared an ascent seen earlier in the US session.   Brent crude fell for a second day to trade around $72 per barrel after OPEC+ agreed for a third time to delay the revival of halted production, with oil demand faltering in China.

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  • Week InAdvance: December 2, 2024

    • Monday, December 2, 2024

    Mon Dec 2 Cyber Monday. COP16 in Riyadh. | Tue Dec 3 NATO foreign ministers meet. | Wed Dec 4 Fed's Beige Book. OECD publishes economic outlook. | Thu Dec 5 Online OPEC meeting. | Fri Dec 6 FSOC meets. US monthly payrolls report.

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