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Former Fed Employee Fined $5,000 for Using Computer for Bitcoin
January 31st, 2017
A former Federal Reserve employee was sentenced Friday to 12 months probation and a $5,000 fine after pleading guilty in October to installing unauthorized software on a computer server at the U.S. central bank. Nicholas Berthaume, who as a ...
US Dollar Predicted to Turn Higher
January 31st, 2017
The Dollar has struggled through the course of 2017 as the solid run higher noted in late 2016 fades. There are a number of cause being attributed for the weakness; yet as we note in this piece consensus is ...
Dollar Slips After Trump Move, Asia Stocks Decline: Markets Wrap
January 30th, 2017
Yen gains with gold; many Asia markets shut for Lunar New Year Global criticism of Trump’s ban is building across globe The dollar declined with Asian stocks as traders digested the tensions sparked by Donald Trump’s order halting some ...
Is Europe Headed For A Political And Financial Crisis In 2017?
January 23rd, 2017
Is Europe Headed For A Political And Financial Crisis In 2017? While most eyes are on the dramatic shifts possible for U.S. economic policy as Donald Trump is sworn in as president on January 20, similarly deep political currents ...
Western Union agreed to pay $586m for Anti-Money Laundering Violations
January 20th, 2017
Western Union Admits Anti-Money Laundering and Consumer Fraud Violations, Forfeits $586 Million in Settlement with Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission Company also Agrees to Implement Anti-Fraud Program and Enhanced Compliance Obligations in Agreements with Federal Authorities The Western ...
Asian shares down, dollar jumps on Yellen’s rate hike signal
January 19th, 2017
Asian shares slipped on Thursday and the dollar rebounded after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen signaled that the U.S. central bank is poised to pursue a path of interest rate hikes. The dollar had been grinding lower in recent ...
Gold price boosted by hard Brexit fears
January 16th, 2017
Prospect of leaving single market – plus doubts over Donald Trump effect in US – sees traders rush to ‘safe haven’ Gold is being boosted this morning as concerns over a hard Brexit dominate the market commentary. Reports indicate ...
Dollar slumps after Trump offers no details on economic policies
January 12th, 2017
The dollar skidded on Thursday, moving back toward one-month lows against the perceived safe-haven yen, after President-elect Donald Trump’s highly-awaited news conference failed to offer details on his promises to boost fiscal spending and cut taxes. Trump, who takes ...
FMQ breaks $15 trillion
January 9th, 2017
Since August 2014, bank reserves at the Fed have fallen by $646.6bn, while the sum of cash, checking accounts and deposits held by the public has risen by $1990bn. The fiat money quantityi has now breached the $15 trillion ...
Asian shares mixed as investors consider latest Fed minutes
January 5th, 2017
Asian shares mixed as investors consider latest Fed minutes Asian stock indexes were mixed Thursday as investors assessed the latest Federal Reserve board’s meeting minutes. Japanese shares slipped as the yen strengthened against the dollar. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s benchmark ...