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This week promises to be a decisive one for global financial markets, with a series of key macroeconomic indicators likely to influence expectations about inflation, growth, and monetary policy. Investors will focus particularly on the United States, where consumer price and labor market data will offer crucial insights into the future path of interest rates, while Europe, the United Kingdom, and China will provide important updates on the state of global growth.   US inflati

The week on the financial markets ended with an overall positive picture, supported by solid corporate earnings, the recovery of raw materials, and renewed interest in riskier assets. Investors continue to navigate a climate characterized by robust earnings, expectations of monetary stability, and a growing importance of the technology sector. Wall Street showed signs of strength, with the Dow Jones rising to 49,846.50 points, while the S&P 500 reached 6,902.82 points. The Na

The week just ended with markets under multiple pressures: uncertain macroeconomic data, closely monitored corporate earnings, trade tensions, and a marked rotation into safe-haven assets. From January 19th to 23rd, the market was poised between risk and protection, with news ranging from corporate data to geopolitical risks and sector dynamics.   Italian banks and profits under scrutiny   Among the week's top news, the Italian banking sector has attracted analysts' attention

The week unfolded on a delicate balance, driven more by news than by linear trends. Markets alternated between periods of seeking protection and sudden returns to risk appetite, in a context dominated by institutional tensions in the United States, geopolitical uncertainty, and conflicting signals from cyclical and technology sectors.   Precious metals at the center: from hedge to strategic pillar   The dominant theme was undoubtedly that of safe haven assets. Gold continued

The financial week that ends today had a clear underlying theme: markets forced to navigate unstable terrain, where every positive sign was counterbalanced by new sources of uncertainty. Expected but inconclusive monetary policy decisions, persistent geopolitical tensions, and increasingly pronounced movements in raw materials have made the environment difficult to interpret with a single lens. Rather than a matter of direction, it has been a matter of an often precarious bal

Every day, from Monday to Friday, the world moves more money than many economies produce in a year. It is the Forex market, short for foreign exchange , the largest and most liquid in the world: according to the latest survey by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) , in 2025 the average daily trading volume reached 9.5 trillion dollars (9,500,000,000,000) . A dizzying figure, which makes Forex not only the engine of the global financial system, but also its most s

Between September 17 and early October 2025 , the dollar regained strength after months of weakening. The DXY index, which measures the...