Bond sellers offer a reminder that they aren’t going anywhere just yet
Hedge funds. Block trades. Liquidation. Risk management. It’s all an interesting story but a passable one in the grand scheme of things. Higher yields on the other hand, that is one that is tough to ignore since the start of the new year.

Forex news from the European trading session – 29 March 2021
Headlines:
Markets:
– GBP leads, EUR lags on the day
– European equities slightly higher; E-minis down 0.5%

Reuters reports, citing sources familiar with the matter
The report states that Italy is to cut its GDP growth forecast this year from 6.0% to 4.1% but is to hike its 2022 GDP growth forecast from 3.8% to 4.3%.

Reuters reports, citing a source familiar with the Russian camp
The report says that Russia would support a broadly stable output by OPEC+ in May, while seeking a small hike in output for itself ahead of this week’s meeting.

Japan FSA says may discuss risk management with Nomura in light of the recent events that unfolded
Nomura and Credit Suisse are the two names to have come out and said that they could incur a significant and material loss from dealings with a US hedge fund, leading to all the ruckus seen so far in

Reuters reports on the matter
Visa is said that on Monday, it will allow the use of cryptocurrency USD Coin to settle transactions on its payment network. The report headline may be a bit of a stretch since this actually only covers USDC.

Major central bank rundown 
Prior to the latest BoE meeting on March 18 there was a tail risk of a rate hike coming into the markets. The GBP has been strongly supported over the last few weeks and the last meeting continues to provide reason for optimism regarding GBP strength.The major headlines for the Bank Of

Major central bank rundown
The central banks are listed below with their current state of play. The link for each central bank is included in the title of the bank and the next scheduled meeting is in the title too. There are some FX divergences on different re-opening speeds worth considering if you haven’t been already. 

Forex news for North American trading on March 26, 2021
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A snapshot of markets near the close of the day/week shows:
– Spot gold is up $5.59 or 0.32% at $1732.52. For the week gold fell $12.73 or -0.73%
In the US stocks today, the major indices all close higher as a late day buying pushed the indices to new

NASDAQ down 5 of the last 6 trading weeks
The final numbers are showing
For the year to date: