Author : Marc Chandler

Former Fed Chair Bernanke has penned a blog post that seeks to refute claims that the US monetary policy was the start of a currency war. Brazil’s finance minister...

With equity markets tumbling, escalating tensions between a Saudi-led Sunni bloc against Iran, ongoing hostilities in Syria, North Korea testing what it claims to be a hydrogen bomb, the...

The US dollar and Japanese yen have begun the year on a firm note, as have bonds, while equities markets have moved lower.  This continues unabated today.  Another consistency...

Last year was the fourth consecutive year that the yen fell against the dollar.  However, obscured by this factoid is that over the past six months, the yen has...

Chinese shares and the yuan stabilized with the apparent help of the government's guiding hand, but global markets are still on the defensive.  The euro extended yesterday's decline through...

Many countries may look with envy upon Sweden.  Growth last year was probably around 3%, with household consumption rising a little more than 2%.   Its current account surplus is...

The knock-on effects of the meltdown in Chinese shares and the tension among major Middle East rivals are dominating the re-opening of the global capital markets after the New...

Meet the New Year - same as the old year.  EM starts 2016 on a weak footing, with negative sentiment carrying over from 2015.  The global backdrop remains poor,...

The markets are in turmoil.  Global equity markets are sharply lower, dragging bond yields down.  The risk-off move has propelled the yen sharply higher.  Its 1.4% advance has seen the...

The start of a new calendar year does not necessarily mean the rise of new market drivers.  In fact, the key issues investors face at the start of 2016...