Trump in focus as the Fed waits in the wings

By GKFX Team  |  31/01/2017 10:14

New President Donald Trump has done more in his first 100 hours in the White House than anyone could have expected, with divisive policies on immigration that has recived world wide condemnation. These policies are also moving the major markets, and with so much media attention on President Trump his every tweet is likely to be closely watched and acted apon bar traders. 

Added to this, it is a very busy week in the markets this week with key eceonomic and corportae data due out. We have two of the FAANG stocks reporting in Apple on Tuesday and Facebook on Thursday, we could finally have some news to take the attention away from the new President. Later in the week we will be looking towards  the central banks with the FED, BOJ and BOE all with policy decisions, despite the fact that all banks are set to leave policy unchanged. Friday also sees the Non-Farm Payroll out of the US that will as always cause a stir.

Highlights

- President Trump's policies cause a stir
- Markets await slew of earnings
- Apple earnings headline
- FEd in focus for Wednesday