Minutes and PMIs eyed Investors are growing increasingly hopeful about the economic outlook and next week’s PMIs will tell us whether businesses share their optimism. Central bank minutes will also provide more insight into whether policy makers are encouraged and what it means for monetary policy. Country US Optimism grows for the US economy as the COVID-19 vaccine rollout appears poised to provide every American who wants to get vaccinated a chance to get one by April. The holiday surge is behind us and cases and hospitalizations continue to trend lower. The South African variant remains the biggest risk as it ... (full story)