Category Archives: Weekly Outlook
Currencies Hit Record Levels Against USD
Written on September 26, 2022 at 7:12 am, by jonywang
As risk appetites move ever lower and the US dollar soars, sovereign currencies are seeing the effects of global economic uncertainty. The pound has hit a record low against the greenback after the UK government introduced a new stimulus package just after the appointment of conservative party candidate Liz Truss as Prime Minister. The poundContinue Reading
Google Fined in South Korea and Europe
Written on September 19, 2022 at 3:08 am, by jonywang
Google will be fined $4.12 billion in its antitrust suit with the EU, which describes an accusation that Google uses its Android OS to quash competition. However, the fine has been reduced from the original 4.34 billion euros, proposed in 2018, to 4.125 billion euros. This is the third EU fine for Google, the othersContinue Reading
Downbeat CPI Read Sends Shares Tumbling
Written on September 15, 2022 at 7:11 am, by jonywang
On Tuesday (GMT+3), the US released its year-on-year Consumer Price Index (CPI) figure, showing that inflation came in at 8.3%, higher than the expected 8.1% but lower than the previous month’s 8.5%. The month-on-month core CPI change, meanwhile, came in at an increase of 0.6% versus an expected increase of 0.3%. While gasoline prices haveContinue Reading
US to Place Cap on Russian Oil
Written on September 12, 2022 at 6:57 am, by jonywang
The US will be joining its G7 peers in placing a price cap on crude coming out of Russia in a bid to both limit the Kremlin’s ability to fund its war, while cooling inflation and oil prices. The price cap has been set to take effect 5 December, the same time Europe’s six-sanction packageContinue Reading
G7 Backs Price Cap on Russian Oil
Written on September 5, 2022 at 3:55 am, by jonywang
The Group of Seven, 7 of the world’s richest countries, has agreed to put a global price cap on Russian oil, potentially cooling oil prices while hitting the revenue of Russia. The cap is planned to be enacted around the same time as the EU sanctions on Russian oil, which will come into effect 5thContinue Reading
ADP Nonfarm Underperforms Ahead of NFP
Written on September 1, 2022 at 6:31 am, by jonywang
On Wednesday (GMT+3) 31st August, the ADP US Nonfarm Employment figures were released after a 2-month hiatus. According to the ADP, US private payrolls grew by 132,000 – down from the 268,000 in July and the forecasted 300,000 increase. The ADP took a two-month hiatus to revise its methodology and released June, July, and August’sContinue Reading
Large Crude Inventory Drop Sends Prices Up
Written on August 25, 2022 at 6:20 am, by jonywang
On Wednesday (GMT+3) 24th August, the US crude oil inventories greatly outperformed expectations, dropping by 3.282 million barrels against an expected drop of 0.922 barrels for the week of 19 August. The Energy Information Administration also reported a drop of 0.661 million barrels against expectations for an increase of 0.58 million barrels. Gasoline inventories, however,Continue Reading
Congress Passes Inflation Reduction Act
Written on August 22, 2022 at 1:19 am, by jonywang
Despite its name, the Inflation Reduction Act does not, nor is it meant to ease inflation. Instead, the broadly-named $750 billion bill covers health care, taxes, and climate change in what president Joe Biden called a win for the American people and a loss for special interests. Some of the primary constituents of the actContinue Reading
FOMC Minutes Reveals Fed’s Inflation Fears
Written on August 18, 2022 at 3:31 am, by jonywang
On Wednesday, 17 August (GMT+3), the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) released the minutes for its 26-27 July meeting. In it, the Fed has finally decided to take a step back to assess the effects of aggressive monetary tightening. For the past few rate hikes, which saw increases as high as 75 points, the FedContinue Reading
Coinbase reports $1.1 Billion Loss
Written on August 15, 2022 at 1:32 am, by jonywang
At its most recent earnings call, cryptocurrency platform Coinbase reported a tremendous loss of $1.1 billion in revenue for Q2, pulling the company’s stock down over 10% on Tuesday to $87.68. Earnings per share for the company also largely underperformed, with a loss of $4.98 per share versus an expected $2.65. Quarter-on-quarter user activity hasContinue Reading