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09 Feb 2026

The week unfolded against a backdrop of mixed economic signals and cautious policy stances across major central banks. In the US, the temporary government shutdown meant the January Employment Situation report did not arrive as planned, leaving investors without one of the week’s most closely watched data points. The Bureau of Labor Statistics confirmed the release would be rescheduled once funding resumed. This created a quieter information environment, with markets leaning more on surveys and company guidance than usual.

02 Feb 2026

According to the Finance Magnates Q4 2025 Intelligence Report, EC Markets recorded $4.476 trillion in total trading volume, maintaining our position as a Top 3 global broker and closing the year with our strongest quarterly performance to date.

02 Feb 2026

Markets spent the week juggling two familiar forces: what central banks are willing to say, and what the data is quietly implying. The key anchor was the Fed’s January decision, where policymakers kept the policy rate unchanged at 3.50% to 3.75%. In its statement, the Fed repeated that growth has been “expanding at a solid pace”, noted that job gains have “remained low” with the unemployment rate showing “some signs of stabilisation”, and said inflation remains “somewhat elevated”.

22 Jan 2026

In finance, the yield curve shows how much it costs the US government to borrow for different lengths of time. Most people hear about it only when it inverts, when short‑term rates rise above long‑term ones, because that pattern has historically appeared before recessions. But the yield curve is doing much more than flashing warnings. It is telling a story about how markets see growth, inflation, and future Fed policy.

07 Jan 2026

As 2025 drew to a close, markets continued to digest the after-effects of aggressive policy shifts in prior years. Q4 2025 didn’t bring new shocks but instead reinforced themes that had been building throughout the year. The quarter provided a moment of relative stability across asset classes, with monetary policy becoming clearer but fiscal constraints coming into sharper focus. This piece explores how Q4 played out across markets, what 2025 taught investors more broadly, and what 2026 may have in store – through a lens of cautious realism rather than bold forecasting.