Currency snapshot (commodity pairs)
Mar 25, 2015 14:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Dollar index trading at 96.9 (-0.38%). Strength meter (today so far) - Aussie +0.22%, Kiwi +0.50%, Loonie +0.13%. Strength meter (since last week) - Aussie +1.38%, Kiwi 1.34%, Loonie +0.48%. AUD/USD - Trading at...
Currency snapshot (major pairs)
Mar 25, 2015 13:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Dollar index trading at 96.7 (-0.60%). Strength meter (today so far) - Euro +0.74%, Franc +0.23%, Yen +0.36%, GBP +0.61% Strength meter (since last week) - Euro +1.56%, Franc 1.61%, Yen +0.56%, GBP -0.25% EUR/USD...
US labor market – another perspective
Mar 25, 2015 13:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Strength of the US labor markets have surprised market participants, economists as well as FED and to such extent that FOMC participants slashed the forecast for all key indicators namely inflation, GDP and interest rate...
Greek government hunts for cash
Mar 25, 2015 12:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Greek government is raiding public service institutions coffers for cash to service the debt and keep the nation afloat. Athens is due to pay 1.7 billiontowards wages and pensions at the end of the month and 450 million...
Mar 25, 2015 11:33 am UTC| Insights & Views
Investors are preparing for lower earnings from US companies, which might result in further moving of funds from US to Europe where record easing by European Central Bank and lower Euro are expected to boost revenue across...
Overnight index swap falls in UK
Mar 25, 2015 10:46 am UTC| Insights & Views
Bank of England (BOE) was expected to be the first central bank to hike rates in early 2014. However weaker economic numbers have since then continued to weigh on prices. Chart courtesy BOE. In recent weeks changes has...
Demand for higher end houses goes up in US
Mar 25, 2015 10:08 am UTC| Insights & Views
US housing markets recovering but still weak compared to pre-crisis level. During the housing crisis of 2008, builders were building more houses than actual demand, which led to lot of inventory still remaining to be sold...
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