Search Results for: interest rates
Central Banks Testing Limits of Monetary Policy
July 8th, 2014
The world’s major central banks are returning to a more opaque and artful approach to policymaking, ending a crisis-era experiment with explicit promises that they found risked their credibility and did not substitute for action. From Washington to London ...
Technical Analysis Gold – Indecision Resurfaces Under $1320
July 8th, 2014
Technical Analysis Gold for Tuesday, July 8, 2014 After pushing higher to a three month high above $1330 last week, gold has now just eased a little lower back to below $1320 and is showing more signs of indecision again ...
Australia 200 – Not Getting ‘Carried Away’ Above 5500
July 8th, 2014
Australia 200 for Tuesday, July 8, 2014 So will the Australia 200 Index be able to maintain its break through the key resistance level at 5500 having enjoyed a solid week last week? It reversed a little yesterday after ...
Technical Analysis AUD/USD – Resistance at 0.9425 Looms Large Again
July 8th, 2014
Technical Analysis AUD/USD for Tuesday, July 8, 2014 To start this week the Australian dollar is slowly trying to edge higher and regain some of the lost ground from late last week. The Australian dollar enjoyed a solid surge ...
German Industrial Output Drops
July 7th, 2014
German industrial production plunged in May at its sharpest pace in more than two years, suggesting that Europe’s largest economy struggled to expand in the spring after a robust first quarter. Industrial production dropped 1.8% on a seasonally adjusted ...
Gold Extends Drop From 3-Month High as Dollar Strengthens
July 7th, 2014
Gold extended a decline from a three-month high as the outlook for higher borrowing costs in the U.S. strengthened the dollar. Silver also dropped. Gold ended a 12-year rally last year on expectations the Federal Reserve would reduce stimulus ...
Goldman Sachs Brings Forward Rate Forecast as Treasuries Drop
July 7th, 2014
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. brought forward its forecast for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates after U.S. employers added more jobs than forecast, sending five-year Treasuries lower for a fourth day. The Fed will increase its benchmark in ...
Bond Anxiety in $1.6 Trillion Repo Market as Failures Soar
July 7th, 2014
In the relative calm that is the market for U.S. Treasuries, a sense of unease over a vital cog in the financial system’s plumbing is beginning to rise. The Federal Reserve’s bond purchases combined with demand from banks to ...
Piketty with Chinese Characteristics
July 4th, 2014
In his bestselling book Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty argues that capitalism aggravates inequality through several mechanisms, all of which are based on the notion that r (the return on capital) falls less quickly than g (growth ...
U.S. jobs data seen reinforcing strong growth outlook
July 3rd, 2014
U.S. employment growth is expected to have continued at a solid clip in June, which would further dispel fears about the economy’s health and underscore its momentum heading into the second half of 2014. Nonfarm payrolls probably increased by ...
