Mike Dolan

1 day ago | reuters.com | Mike Dolan

A view of the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, March 6, 2025. REUTERS/Jana Rodenbusch/File Photo LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) - What matters in U.S. and global markets todayIt was the bond market's turn to rally over the past 24 hours, with a stream of soft U.S. economic readings lifting hopes for Federal Reserve easing just as the European Central Bank is teed up for another rate cut on Thursday. Sign up here.

1 day ago | reuters.com | Mike Dolan

FILE PHOTO: 1,000-Swiss-franc banknotes lie in a box at a Swiss bank in Zurich, April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) - The supercharged Swiss franc is sucking Switzerland back into a deflationary vortex that its central bank will once again struggle to escape, possibly recycling a fresh wave of financial flows back out across the world.

2 days ago | flipboard.com | Mike Dolan

NowBlanch: We’re moving into a surplus—prices likely roll down post-July 4thFrancisco Blanch, Head of Commodities at BofA Securities, expects oil prices to fall on surplus and weaker demand. He warns tariffs are raising …1 hour agoTariffs Latest: Trump Warns China’s Xi Is ‘Very Tough’, Steel Levies Double TodayPresident Donald Trump said China's Xi Jinping was extremely hard to make a deal with, in a social media post Wednesday.

2 days ago | reuters.com | Mike Dolan

U.S. dollar and Euro banknotes are seen in this illustration taken May 4, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo LONDON, June 4 (Reuters) - Arguments about the euro's reserve status often centre on whether it could replace the dollar as the dominant world currency. But such binary thinking misses a key point: even relatively small changes in relative reserve holdings can lead to enormous investment shifts. Thursday's European Central Bank meeting is set to agree another interest rate cut.

3 days ago | reuters.com | Mike Dolan

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with China's President Xi Jinping during the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo LONDON, June 3 (Reuters) - What matters in U.S. and global markets todayThe dollar and U.S. Treasuries found their footing on Tuesday after a rough start to the week, but stocks remained edgy due to a mix of trade war concerns and spluttering factory activity. Sign up here.