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2025.09.16 2025.09.17 Weekly Economic Calendar for 22.09.2025–28.09.2025 Jana Kanehttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/jana-kane/ Last week, four major central banks, including the US Fed, held policy meetings. While most of the outcomes were largely anticipated, investors are still grappling with uncertainty over the future actions of these central banks. In the upcoming week of September 22–28, 2025, market participants will

Most Read: Gold (XAU/USD) Soars to Breach $3700/oz. FOMC Meeting Next, Will the Rally Continue? The Federal Reserve’s upcoming meeting is a big deal for the US economy and financial markets as a whole. The latest economic data suggests the Fed should start lowering interest rates. However, the market already expects a rate cut and

Log in to today’s North American session Market wrap for September 16 Trump shook markets today after signing Miran’s papers for him to join the Federal Reserve committee, just hours before the start of the central bank’s 2-day meeting. The Fed’s independence is in question here with the move from Donald Trump to appoint his

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In case you haven’t seen our introduction to bond yields and an explanation on their recent moves, I formally invite you to read it over which may help you to understand some of tomorrow’s moves. Recent movements in Bonds: Why are government bond yields rising so much as of late? What is the Fed Funds

Fed rate cut pricing is shifting slightly in the hawkish direction but it isn’t helping the US dollar. At one point, three Fed cuts were fully priced into the curve for 2025 but that 75 bps in pricing has slipped to 68 bps. Some of that might be due to the stay on the firing

​August typically produces average losses of approximately 2.3%, making it the weakest month historically for German equities. September follows closely behind with losses averaging 1.7%, creating a two-month period of consistent underperformance. These patterns reflect reduced trading volumes during summer holidays and portfolio rebalancing ahead of year-end. ​The consistency of this seasonal weakness provides valuable

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Prior month 0.5% revised to 0.6% Retail sales 0.6% versus 0.2% expected. Retail sales ex-autos 0.7% vs 0.4% estimate. Last month revised from 0.3% to 0.4%. Retail sales control group 0.7% versus 0.4% estimate retail sales ex gas/autos 0.7% versus 0.3% last month (revised higher from 0.2%) The control group moved up by 0.7% and

This is a follow-up analysis and a timely update of our prior publication, “GBP/USD Technical: Corrective decline ended, potential bullish reversal in progress for sterling”, published on 5 September 2025. The price actions of the sterling have staged the expected recovery against the US dollar, as the GBP/USD has rallied by 1.2% and almost hit

​​​FTSE 100 remains flat as pound strength takes centre stage ​The FTSE 100 opened relatively unchanged this morning, tracking sideways movement across European indices. Despite the muted performance, underlying strength emerged from mid-cap stocks, with the FTSE 250 gaining 0.2% in early trading. ​Market participants appeared focused on currency movements rather than on the FTSE. The

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