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Oil prices hit 3-month low as U.S. rig count climbs
March 13th, 2017
Oil prices dropped to their lowest in three months on Monday despite OPEC efforts to curb crude output, dragged down as U.S. drillers kept adding rigs. Brent crude LCOc1 had fallen 39 cents, or 0.8 percent, to at $50.98 ...
Asia stocks firm ahead of U.S. jobs, dollar hits one-and-half-month high vs yen
March 10th, 2017
Asian stocks edged up and the dollar rose to 1-1/2-month highs versus the yen on Friday, ahead of the closely-watched U.S. non-farm payrolls report due later in the day. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan added 0.2 ...
This Region Of The World Is Being Hit By The Worst Economic Collapse It Has Ever Experienced
March 9th, 2017
The ninth largest economy in the entire world is currently experiencing “its longest and deepest recession in recorded history”, and in a country right next door people are being encouraged to label their trash so that the thousands upon ...
Asia Stocks Gain Amid Thin Volumes; Aussie Climbs: Markets Wrap
March 7th, 2017
Australian dollar holds advance as RBA leaves rates unchanged South Korea, Hong Kong-traded Chinese shares lead advance Asian stock markets were mostly higher in thin trading as investors assessed the prospects for further gains after a rally leading up ...
Euro to Dollar forecast for the week
March 6th, 2017
Euro Rally on Cards if ECB Officials Forecast Eurozone Growth Pickup This Week The new week finds the EUR USD exchange rate above the 1.06 level, quoted at 1.06026 at 07:30 on Monday 6th March. Last week saw the ...
Oil prices fell in Asian trade on Monday
March 6th, 2017
Oil prices fell in Asian trade on Monday, wiping out some of the gains of the previous session amid worries lower growth targets in China could cut oil demand and ongoing concern over Russia’s compliance with a global deal ...
Yen Gains on Korea Tensions While Asia Stocks Rise
March 6th, 2017
Investors also assess China economic growth, Yellen comments Central banks in Australia, Europe on the calendar this week Escalating geopolitical tensions sparked a rise in the yen. while most Asian equities advanced as investors assessed statements from China’s National People’s ...
Why All Exchange Rates Are Bad
March 2nd, 2017
The economics of exchange rates can be tough sledding. Every now and then, I post on the bulletin board beside my office a quotation from Kenneth Kasa back in 1995: “If you asked a random sample of economists to ...
Oil prices under pressure after historical high for U.S. crude stocks
March 2nd, 2017
Oil prices fell further Thursday, depressed by the latest pick up in U.S. crude stockpiles and production. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in AprilCLJ7, -0.33% traded at $53.54 a barrel, down 29 ...
Asian Stocks Rise, Bonds Slip Before Trump Speech: Markets Wrap
February 28th, 2017
Odds for U.S. interest rate hike in March rise to 50% Trump speech Tuesday to be scrutinized for spending plans Asian stocks erased gains as a rally in Tokyo faltered and the yen strengthened ahead of Donald Trump’s address ...
