Posts Tagged ‘January’
What’s on the Economic Horizon
German reports on the docket
Canadian GDP expected to increase by 0.2%
U.S. to publish consumer confidence data
U.S. Dollar (USD)
After weeks of trying, the dollar was finally able to bring sexy back yesterday! For the first time in weeks, the dollar was able to take away solid pips from its higher-yielding counterparts. While [...]
What’s on the Economic Horizon
U.S. Q4 2011 GDP Disappoints Forecasts
BOJ To Intervene Soon?
Greek Debt Deal Expected To Be Announced During The EU Summit
U.S. Dollar (USD)
And just when investors were starting to get over the Fed’s dovish FOMC statement, negative data from the U.S. were released and reminded markets that QE3 is indeed a real possibility. [...]
Recap of the Latest Global News
After the U.S. Dollar sold off across the board late in North American trading yesterday, it appeared that some relief was on the horizon, with the Greenback clawing back in early Asian trading on Thursday. This was merely a short-term correction, and by the time European markets opened up, the [...]
What’s on the Economic Horizon
Australia’s PPI prints at 0.3% for 4Q 2011
Euro zone consumer consumer confidence report on tap
Canada leading index due today
U.S. Dollar (USD)
The dollar’s price action was as mixed as a bag of beans last Friday as traders remained cautious on what the euro zone officials are planning for the days ahead. GBP/USD [...]
Recap of the Latest Global News
By Cory Vi & Andrew Su on Jan 27, 2012
In a week that the Federal Reserve announced it would keep interest rates low through till at least 2014 and Bernanke said that policymakers are considering further bond purchases to boost growth, markets continued to celebrate as it appears that more [...]
What’s on the Economic Horizon
KOF Economic Barometer on Tap
U.S. 2011 4Q GDP Projected at 3.0%
U.S. Dollar (USD)
Could the dollar’s suffering be coming to an end soon? While most of the major currencies posted new high versus the greenback, most of them gave back their gains by the end of the day, and in EUR/USD’s [...]
What’s on the Economic Horizon
U.S. to print more tier 1 reports
U.K. CBI realized sales data on tap
Japan CPI to stay in the red?
U.S. Dollar (USD)
We didn’t get mixed results this time around! Practically everyone was anti-dollar yesterday! The Fed’s decision to keep monetary policy highly accommodating led to big gains in equities, commodities, and high-yielding [...]
What’s on the Economic Horizon
FOMC Statement to Rock Markets During NY Session
BOE Meeting Minutes On the Clock
German Ifo Business Climate Report on Tap
U.S. Dollar (USD)
Mixed trading for the scrilla yesterday, which took some bumps and bruises versus the pound and Canadian dollar, but managed to scrape by versus the euro. Now that we’ve actually [...]
What’s on the Economic Horizon
U.K. public sector net borrowing data due
Euro zone PMI figures to show improvements?
Canadian core retail sales could post 0.2% uptick
U.S. Dollar (USD)
The Greenback had a terrible case of Monday blues as it lost ground against most of its major counterparts. EUR/USD landed back above the 1.3000 handle while GBP/USD reached a [...]
USD/JPY finally broke Jan high (77.34) today hitting 77.39 at the time of writing. This may be on the back of news that Bank of Japan cut its growth outlook. Governor Shirakawa and board members lowered the economic forecast to 2 percent from an October estimate of 2.2 percent for fiscal 2012. In addition we [...]
