Highlights
Surging oil prices, with Brent crude topping $100 a barrel, have spooked global markets and led to a huge flight from risk Monday. The ongoing effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, escalating attacks around the Persian Gulf, Iran's choice of a new leader, son of the old ayatollah, and President Trump's angry response, all bode poorly for an early end to the Mideast war.
Definition
Market Focus details key factors in the coming day that will impact the economic outlook and the financial markets. These include central bank events, economic indicators, policymaker speeches as well as expected political and corporate developments.
Description
Keeping up-to-date with event schedules and the economic calendar is key to understanding the global financial system. Econoday's Market Focus allows investors and policymakers to carefully track what will be making news and moving the financial markets in the coming day.