Markets overwhelmingly predict that the Bank of Japan will leave interest rates unchanged at their upcoming meeting, but it may be important to watch for any and all references to the Japanese yen.

Recent doubts on outlook for UK debt ratings are likely to continue through the medium to long term, as large budget deficits and a fast-growing national debt have forced rating agencies to question whether major world governments’ debt truly deserves risk-free status.

As the SNB withdraws its emergency program and softens its rhetoric to intervene in the foreign exchange market, the low-yielding currency may continue to lose ground.

The US stock market is still in "bounce mode."  All bounces come to an unhappy end.  This will be no exception.

Don’t blame businessmen for being confused.  The press reports make it sound like it’s back to business-as-usual.

According to the government, there were fewer people out of work in the month of November than there were in October.  At least, that is the way the authorities tell it.

This week's article is a transcript of an interview of John Mauldin.

Market forecasts and weather forecasts have something in common. Our ability to predict either beyond the next 48 hours is no better than a guess.

The US dollar rocketed higher upon the release of the US non-farm payroll (NFP) report on December 4, which surprisingly showed that the labor market only lost 11,000 jobs in November, compared to forecasts for a decline of 125,000.

Moving beyond the gravitational pull of the US dollar, the euro is making significant headway on its own.