Weekly Briefing

Summary:     Well…the markets continue confused and the economy continues to slowly slow. In a conference this week, J. Powell […]

Summary: Durable goods orders in the US which measure the cost of orders received by manufacturers for goods that meant

Summary: Retail sales in the US surged 1.3% month-over-month in October of 2022, the strongest increase in eight months, after

Summary: This week’s highlights were the US midterm elections, the CPI report and the FTX crypto exchange bankruptcy. The annual

Summary: This was another exciting week, with the release of important numbers regarding the economic and financial situation. Monday and

Summary: This week the UK gained (another!) new prime minister (let’s see how that goes), and Twitter (the bird) has

Summary: Another agitated week! Liz Truss went away, together with her minibudget, due to lack of credibility. The bond markets

  Summary: The week was agitated. The instability of the UK bond market and government, the still-hot inflation, the big

Summary: The hot topics of this week included the reduction of the oil production target by OPEC+, the application of

The past weeks in review: The FED raised rates by 0.75 %. No surprise. But the speech was very hawkish

The past week: The August consumer price index (CPI), a measure of price the inflation, has been released – higher

A little perspective series trying to foresee the next 6-12 months. Video: Jeffrey Sachs: “We’re in a crisis and it

An important week, with the Jackson Hole economic symposium at the top of the interest of the market participants. The

This week and the rest of the month aren’t expected to bring big news. Market feeling is mixed. The bear

This week the market’s expectations have been confronted with the reality of job growth in the USA, high inflation numbers

 WEEK IN REVIEW   US GDP and Recession? Yes/No/Maybe   Source: Trading Economics   The American economy shrank an annualized

Taking a look at the charts, together with the macroeconomic scenario, it is hard not to forecast the beginning of

 WEEK IN REVIEW   UK Inflation   Source: Trading Economics   The annual inflation rate in the UK increased to