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Asia’s key risks this week: China flash PMI, Japan inflation
September 21st, 2015
As financial markets in Asia recover from the Fed’s decision to keep rates unchanged, other risk events will likely serve up fresh volatility this week. China’s flash Caixin purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for September will be announced on Wednesday ...
Uncertainty over Greek elections could weigh on Euro – Euro Currency update
September 18th, 2015
Euro As forecast by the majority of economists, the Federal Reserve played it safe and left borrowing costs at record lows after its latest gathering. The decision sent the US Dollar trending lower against the Euro and as EUR/USD ...
Federal Reserve leaves key interest rate unchanged
September 18th, 2015
Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in July suggests that economic activity is expanding at a moderate pace. Household spending and business fixed investment have been increasing moderately, and the housing sector has improved further; however, ...
Yet Another Election? Weary Greeks See Little Gain From Vote
September 17th, 2015
Greeks head to their third ballot in less than a year Greek voters say nothing is going to change for them Like many Greeks, Christi Psarra has no illusions about what the country’s third vote in less than ...
Five things to listen for during Janet Yellen’s press conference
September 17th, 2015
Clues as to future interest-rate path will be key for Fed press conference Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen has not spoken publicly since mid-July when she finished two days of testifying to Congress. At the time, she expressed the ...
Gold logs largest 1-day price gain in nearly a month
September 17th, 2015
Fall in CPI may make Fed hesitate to raise interest rates Gold futures logged their largest single-session price gain in nearly a month on Wednesday, after a U.S. consumer-price report suggested that inflation might be short of the Federal ...
The Next Financial Crisis Won’t be Like the Last One
September 16th, 2015
It seems increasingly likely the next Global Financial Meltdown will arise in the FX/currency markets. Central banks are like generals: they tend to fight the last war. The Great Financial meltdown of 2008 was centered in too big to fail, too ...
Fired Currency Traders Won’t Leave Quietly
September 16th, 2015
Six lawsuits filed in London by FX traders emerged last month Banks also faced employee suits after Libor scandal lay-offs As banks try to clean up trading floors beset by benchmark-rigging scandals, not all fired workers are leaving quietly. ...
Thomson Reuters: Interview with Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the ECB
September 16th, 2015
Interview with Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the ECB, conducted by Paul Ingrassia, Balazs Koranyi and John O’Donnell on 14 September Is quantitative easing working? It is working and effective in many ways. The ultimate metric to assess success is the ...
Gold price to test $1,100 level this week
September 14th, 2015
Gold’s retail prices in Dubai have dropped by nearly Dh2 per gram in one week The gold price could spike down again to test the $1,100 level this week while investors await the next US Federal Reserve’s main policy ...
