First, a local sensation: on July 12, the President of the United States for the first time since the pandemic appeared before the public in a medical mask, moreover, stated that «wearing a mighty good mask». Trump also tried to comment on the idea of musician Kanye West to run for President, amid w...

The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill imposing sanctions on banks that deal with Chinese officials involved in curbing protests in Hong Kong. The United States is also preparing to impose long-delayed sanctions to punish Chinese officials for human rights violations against Mus...

Investors continue to buy the dollar, fearing that Trump is ready for new protectionism to maintain morale: Canada, the EU and the UK have already received warnings about new trade tariffs. In addition to pandemic statistics, only information on projects to help the American and European economies i...

In the US, a scandal is developing over the book of John Bolton, which will go on sale only tomorrow, but everyone is already familiar with the author’s opinion that «Trump is completely unsuitable for work as president». The former comrade-in-arms began to write a book immediately after his dismiss...

Investors are nervous about the fact that infected people are growing in the USA; Powell said this could damage the current precarious balance in the US economy. The deterioration of US-China relations and riots further overshadow forecasts, however, the more intense the rampant infection, the more ...

So … EU & ECB At the current pace of asset purchases, ECB runs the risk to use a large part of the PEPP program of €750 billion by the fourth quarter of this year, that is, before the negative of the pandemic will be overcome. But ECB managed to surprise politicians and analysts: a program of ...

The last session of negotiations on Breaksit will lead to a strong pound, the expectation of the OPEC decision can give a wave of oil growth followed by a deep correction, the ECB and the fed may announce additional monetary incentives. Alas, the story, according to which in summer the markets are d...

Big players disoriented by cheap liquidity and massive promises of ultra-soft monetary policies. The US and European Union economies are shrinking synchronously and it is impossible to predict which one will end up losing more. The low-optimistic reports on creation of the coronavirus vaccine, the e...

Risk of a second wave of the pandemic and the escalation of US-China trade conflict have returned investor interest in the dollar. As soon as the S&P500 decisively went down, the currencies lost strong support and remembered their problems. So … China Asia is gradually becoming a pre-election...

Although markets continue to ignore almost the entire macroeconomic and fundamental background, the topic of COVID-19 remains important but is gradually losing focus. Panic is giving way to prudent action in the health sector and the development of a vaccine that needs to be launched at least in exp...