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ECB: Monetary policy decisions
June 3rd, 2015
At today’s meeting the Governing Council of the ECB decided that the interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility will remain unchanged at 0.05%, 0.30% and ...
ASX: GDP beats forecasts in Q1
June 3rd, 2015
The Australian economy grew at a faster pace than economists expected in the March quarter, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew a seasonally adjusted 0.9 per cent in the three months to the end ...
China’s PMI records slight improvement
June 3rd, 2015
China‘s manufacturing activity improved slightly in May, while the service sector continued to weaken, indicating complications in the world’s second-largest economy, a survey showed yesterday. The official Purchasing Managers’ Index, a comprehensive gauge of operating conditions in large state-owned ...
Asia stocks subdued, euro and Aussie stand tall
June 3rd, 2015
A spike in U.S. and German debt yields reduced the appetite for riskier assets to keep Asian share markets subdued on Wednesday, while the euro held gains made on upbeat euro zone inflation data and on hopes that Greece ...
Poll Results: Where will Gold price be at the end of 2015? (Poll Closed June 01)
June 2nd, 2015
On June 01 closed the poll on www.onestopbrokers.com where you have shared your opinion about Where will Gold price be at the end of 2015. Gold’s price depends on how the market is performing. Gold is a store of ...
ESMA fosters derivatives market transparency
June 2nd, 2015
The European Union’s derivatives markets are becoming more transparent through the public availability of harmonised aggregate data reported to the six trade repositories (TRs) registered with the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation ...
2007 All Over Again? Mega-Merger Edition
June 2nd, 2015
Intel is buying chip maker Altera. Charter is buying Time Warner Cable. All the big drug makers are buying all the mediums-sized ones. Great news, right? If these huge companies with their top-of-the-line analytical tools and deep insight into ...
Statement by Glenn Stevens, RBA Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
June 2nd, 2015
At its meeting today, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 2.0 per cent. The global economy is expanding at a moderate pace, but some key commodity prices are much lower than ...
Forex’s ‘Last Look’ Practice Gets Curbed
May 28th, 2015
Two of the world’s biggest currency-trading platforms will restrict a controversial industry practice Two of the world’s biggest currency-trading platforms plan to restrict a controversial industry practice in which banks can pull out of trades at the last moment ...
FOREX-Dollar hits highest vs yen since 2002, Aussie sags on capex disappointment
May 28th, 2015
* USD touches 124.30 yen, highest level since December 2002 * Traders are wary of verbal intervention from Japanese officials * Aussie drops after disappointing capex data The dollar hit its highest since December 2002 against the yen on Thursday ...
