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Statement by Glenn Stevens, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
May 5th, 2015
At its meeting today, the Board decided to lower the cash rate by 25 basis points to 2.0 per cent, effective 6 May 2015. The global economy is expanding at a moderate pace, but commodity prices have declined over ...
Federal court in Florida issued a Consent Order against Inter-Global Currency & Precious Metals and its owner
April 28th, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that a federal court in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida issued a Consent Order against Defendants Inter-Global Currency & Precious Metals, LLC (IGCPM) of Pompano Beach, Florida, and its owner, manager, and controlling person Stavros ...
ASX signs MOU with China Futures Association
April 27th, 2015
ASX has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the China Futures Association (CFA) at a CFA conference in Hangzhou, China. The China Futures Association is a China-wide industry self-regulatory organisation focused on the development of the futures ...
Dollar on defensive after more weak U.S. economic data
April 27th, 2015
The dollar started the week on the defensive on Monday after more disappointing U.S. economic data reinforced expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve will not hike interest rates any time soon, while concerns about Greece‘s debt talks pressured the euro. ...
UK trader charged for manipulation contributing to 2010 flash crash
April 22nd, 2015
A high-frequency futures trader has been charged with illegally manipulating the stock market, contributing to the May 2010 “flash crash,” according to documents unsealed Tuesday. The Justice Department charged the United Kingdom’s Navinder Singh Sarao with wire fraud, 10 ...
Big U.S. investors push SEC for oil industry to detail risks of climate change
April 17th, 2015
Calpers, the largest American public pension fund, and nearly 60 other institutional investors will ask the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday to require oil and natural gas companies to publish detailed analysis of the risks posed by climate change to ...
OPEC Going Broke, Dumping Dollars. Is That Good Or Bad?
April 15th, 2015
When oil prices fell out of bed last winter there was much hand-wringing over the fate of the former beneficiaries of high-priced crude. Trillions of dollars of junk bonds issued by frackers, for instance, might default, oil field services ...
Euronext announces monthly trading volumes for March 2015
April 8th, 2015
Euronext, the leading exchange in the Eurozone, today announced trading volumes for March 2015. The March 2015 average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at €9,119 million (+31% compared with March 2014). Overall the first ...
Bank of Japan: Statement on Monetary Policy
April 8th, 2015
1. At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided, by an 8-1 majority vote, to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period: The Bank of Japan ...
Statement by Glenn Stevens, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
April 7th, 2015
At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 2.25 per cent. Moderate growth in the global economy is expected in 2015, with the US economy continuing to strengthen, even as China’s growth slows ...