Markets have been boosted on positive anecdotes around the new COVIDS strain. NAB’s David de Garis says there’s a bucket of news helping give the markets a glass half full view of where we are. It’s hard to keep the stock markets down.

Jerome Powell has changed his tune on the speed of tapering. He was a different man, says NAB’s David de Garis with the Fed chair clearly much more worried about inflation.

It’ll take a few weeks before we have a clear idea about the severity of the new Omicron strain. Markets attempted a bounce back on Monday, but it was by no means a full recovery and, on today’s podcast, NAB’s Ray Attrill talks about the uncertainty that awaits us.

With America still off for Thanksgiving, NAB’s Gavi Friend talks turkey on central bank thinking. How much is inflation really pushing for faster tightening – for the Fed, the Riksbank, the ECB and the BoE?

The US is spending more and income is up, with inflation rising, whilst Europe is still held back by COVID concerns. It’s the perfect storm, says NAB’s Tapas Strickland, pushing the US dollar to its highest level in sixteen months. Time for the Fed to move faster?

Better than expected PMIs from Europe, but NABs David de Garis says US bond yields are still up and the market still wants to hold US dollars. The RBNZ meets today – quarter percent or half a percent?

The news that Powell will stay on as head of the Fed pushed bond yields and the US dollar higher, but NAB’s Ray Attrill says the Aussie dollar held its own, helped by yesterday’s border reopening news.

Austria is the canary in the coalmine says NAB’s Rodrigo Catril. Markets are concerned about more lockdowns in Europe, whilst in the US some Fed officials are pushing for faster tapering.

A quiet session with equities helped by the tech sector and hopes that chip supplies are improving. Whilst the US recovery is happening slowly, there are mounting issues of concern for Europe. NAB’s Gavin Friend takes us through them on today’s Morning Call podcast.