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FED expected to raise interest rates for the second time in 10 years
December 14th, 2016
Fed expected to raise interest rates but won’t tell market what it wants to hear The markets want to hear whether the Trump economy could jolt the Fed into a faster pace of interest rate hikes, but there’s little ...
Asian Stocks, Dollar Steady as Fed Day Arrives; Crude Retreats
December 14th, 2016
Asian Stocks, Dollar Steady as Fed Day Arrives; Crude Retreats Odds of a rate hike Wednesday have been at 100% all month Crude snaps four-day OPEC rally after U.S. supplies rise Markets were subdued during the Asian day as ...
Dollar Extends Surge as Bonds Decline; Japanese Equities Climb
November 24th, 2016
Gold near 9-month low as futures put 100% odds on Fed hike Emerging markets slip, with Philippine peso at eight-year low The dollar extended gains at the highest in more than a decade as a stronger case for hiking ...
Societe Generale: The euro is likely to trade even against the US dollar by time France elects president
November 23rd, 2016
The euro is likely to trade even against the US dollar ahead of French presidential elections in April, according to the Paris-based bank Societe Generale. The dollar strengthened more than six percent against the euro after Donald Trump won ...
Asian Energy Stocks Rally With Crude Oil as Dollar Holds Advance
November 21st, 2016
Japan’s Topix index caps longest rally since August 2015 Dollar index at January high as Trump spurs rate-hike bets Oil jumped on optimism OPEC will agree to a supply-cut deal, buoying Asian energy stocks. The dollar built on last ...
The serfs have rebelled – Europe next?
November 19th, 2016
Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom described how personal freedoms are progressively eroded by the state in the name of the common good. His warning is more associated with totalitarianism and dictatorships, than modern democracies, but the statist attitudes he ...
Gold slides toward $1,200 as U.S. rate hike looks imminent
November 18th, 2016
Gold prices came under renewed pressure on Friday, a day after Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said a U.S. interest-rate hike could come “relatively soon.” Yellen’s prepared comments to lawmakers on Thursday, which came on the heels of strong ...
Oil prices fall as strong dollar wipes out OPEC cut optimism
November 18th, 2016
Oil prices fell in early trading on Friday as the strengthening U.S. dollar snuffed out rekindled hopes that OPEC might agree production cuts. International Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were trading down 13 cents at $46.36 per barrel at ...
Pound US Dollar Exchange Rate Advances as UK Retail Sales Trigger Rush for Sterling
November 17th, 2016
Pound US Dollar Exchange Rate Climbs after Forecast-Beating Retail Sales Results The Pound has been able to rise by 0.4% against the US Dollar today, primarily on account of the October retail sales results. On the month and the ...
Dollar stays near 13-and-a-half year peak; BOJ bond operation weighs on yen
November 17th, 2016
The dollar caught its breath on Thursday, after charging to a 13-1/2 year high against a basket of currencies on bets the Trump administration will adopt inflationary policies, while the yen sagged after a Bank of Japan bond-buying operation. ...
