Author : Marc Chandler

The inability of the US stock market to sustain gains following the Chinese rate cut has left the market unsettled.  Similarly, despite early gains, Chinese stocks finished lower, with...

China appears to be flailing.  Its stock market stabilization efforts have failed miserably.  It looks as if it has botched another attempt to let market forces have greater sway...

North American markets did not close well yesterday, and the Nikkei and Shanghai Composite sold off. North American markets did not close well yesterday, and the Nikkei and Shanghai...

It is a bitter start of the week for EM. It is hard to imagine either stabilization or meaningful differentiation in EM until asset prices in major markets find...

The global meltdown in stocks and commodities has continued.  China failed to stem the tide by cutting reserve requirements (or interest rates) as many had expected.  US 10-year yield...

China's Premier Zhou Enlai was asked in 1972 about the political consequence of the French Revolution, and he famously quipped it was too early to say. Even if, as...

It was a difficult week for the dollar, stocks and commodities, to say the least.  The Chinese yuan, which had been a catalyst for some recent volatility, stabilized, and...

1) The PBOC signalled more stability in the yuan, and that is what we have, 2) The official survey by the Brazilian central bank is now showing an average...

The Economist posted this Great Graphic in June but it is arguably even more relevant today.   It shows world growth broken down into four contributors, China, the US, India...

The US dollar is little changed against most of the major and emerging market currencies as North American traders return to their posts to close out the difficult week. ...