Crude

Wobbling Asian oil demand

By Phil Flynn | September 13, 2016

Oh, that “wobbling Asian demand.” That is the main reason the IEA lowered its crude oil demand forecast by 100,000 barrels a day and lowered the boom on energy prices Tuesday morning.

Risk aversion sweeps across the board

By Lukman Otunuga | September 12, 2016

A wave of risk aversion engulfed the financial markets last week following the instances of central bank caution which weighed heavily on investor risk sentiment. Asian shares were depressed on Monday with most stocks suffering their largest losses since June as fears over central banks adopting an inactive stance sparked market jitters.

Rosengren scares the market

By Jeff Greenblatt | September 12, 2016

You might be wondering who Rosengren is, but apparently he’s pretty important—that’s Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren I’m talking about. He single-handedly knocked the market out of the box on Friday when he said, “Futures markets are wrong, and the Fed likely should hike rates sooner than implied.”

Shaky global markets

By Phil Flynn | September 12, 2016

While the crude oil market is looking for supply to rebound this week, there is now rising concern about demand. With the Fed talking up raisng interest rates and global central bankers questioning the effectiveness of monetary policy, it seems that there is not a lot of optimism in the global economy.

Week Ahead: USD mixed as Fedspeak keeps September rate hike alive

September 9, 2016

Wait-and-see is becoming a global strategy followed by the Reserve Bank of Australia, Bank of Canada and European Central Bank and up next will be the Bank of England that will publish its monetary policy committee decision on Thursday, September 15 at 7:00 am EDT.

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