The Bank of Korea is expected to leave rates unchanged, while Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is seen easing. Other highlights include Tokyo inflation, India’s second-quarter GDP and China’s industrial profits.
In this week's video, we'll review the latest charts and data to help us answer the question, did the Fed just open the door to a strong finish to 2025?
In this video, Ira Epstein discusses the recent comments by Fed Chair Powell, highlighting a potential shift in the Federal Reserve's approach to inflation and interest rates.
Chair Powell could have been super balanced, or even hawkish. But he effectively chose to endorse the market discount for a rate-cutting phase ahead. It's had quite the reaction. Risk assets are up, the dollar down, so is the front-end yield.
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