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Economic and Employment Data Slightly Positive
Employment data for the past week was positive overall, with nonfarm payrolls increasing 146,000 in November, outpacing the forecast of 85,000. The previous two months, however, were revised down by 49,000. The November unemployment rate dropped to 7.7%, the lowest since December 2008, primarily owing to a shrinking labor force. Initial jobless claims fell for [...]
G.17 Industrial Production
Industrial production increased 1.1 percent in November after having fallen 0.7 percent in October. The gain in November is estimated to have largely resulted from a recovery in production for industries that had been negatively affected by Hurricane Sandy, which hit the Northeast region in late October. In November, manufacturing output increased 1.1 percent after [...]
Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the December 11-12 FOMC meeting
Release Date: December 12, 2012 For release at 2:00 p.m. ET The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached table and charts summarizing the economic projections and the target federal funds rate projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Federal Reserve Bank presidents for the December 11-12 [...]
Economic Activity and Employment have continued to Expand in October
Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in October suggests that economic activity and employment have continued to expand at a moderate pace in recent months, apart from weather-related disruptions. Although the unemployment rate has declined somewhat since the summer, it remains elevated. Household spending has continued to advance, and the housing sector [...]
Currency Wars Heat Up
Currency Wars Heat Up The head of the Bank of England warned Monday that too many countries were trying to weaken their currencies to offset the impact of the slow global economy and the trend could grow next year. “You can see, month by month, the addition to the number of countries who feel that [...]
Apple Inc NASDAQ:AAPL, New iPad App for News, Charts and Research
Apple Inc NASDAQ:AAPL iPad App for News, Charts and Research The new finance App for Equity, FX and Commodity traders is the ultimate set of financial tools for a new generation of financial professionals. Now, you can have access to critical news, data, and analysis when you’re on the go. Completely customizable workspace You know [...]
FX Trading Update: EUR/USD, AUD/USD, USD/JPY
Economist and Hedge Fund Manager Shayne Heffernan takes a look at EUR/USD, AUD/USD, USD/JPY trading live from Asia Europe Market Snapshot Yesterday marked some heavy losses on indices all over the world as more bad data coming from several big U.S. companies was mixed with bad news from the bank of Spain saying the recession [...]
Technical and Fundamental Outlook, EUR, USD, AUD, JPY, GBP
Technical and Fundamental Outlook, EUR, USD, AUD, JPY, GBP Economist Shayne Heffernan of www.livetradingnews.com takes a look at the session ahead for Currencies Europe Market Snapshot After a good start with a decrease in Spanish bond yields yesterday at the beginning of the 2 day Eurotop, Investors are losing their patience with the twisting and [...]
US House Committee seeks Dark Pool restrictions on behalf American exchanges
Dark Pools and brokers should be required to provide better prices than those available on exchanges or offer quotes publicly at the best levels, the companies said in a written presentation to staff of the House Committee on Financial Services. Lawmakers are holding hearings on the structure of US markets in Washington on 20 June. [...]
Obama blames EU for slow jobs growth, asks Europe to do more, Merkel says no.
With Europe’s debt crisis cited last week for canceled IPO’s, weaker-than-expected Chinese manufacturing figures and a rise in the US jobless rate, Ms. Merkel rejected joint debt issuance in the 17-nation EuroArea as a solution, saying “under no circumstances” would she agree to Germany-backed Euro Bonds. Now, some “come along and ask for Euro bonds, [...]
Cuba Investment Reform to Spark Growth
In April, a senior Communist Party official, Estaban Lazo Hernandez, said in a speech that Cuba will move nearly 50% of the country’s economic activity to the “nonstate” sector in the coming 5 yrs, up from 5% now. This is not capitalism for capitalism’s sake, and political reform is not part of the program. The [...]
Wall St Premarket, FX, Gold, Oil, Futures
The S&P 500 has lost 2.1 percent in April after the biggest first-quarter rally since 1998. The gauge rose 0.6 percent last week after corporate profits beat estimates and a report showed German business confidence unexpectedly increased for a sixth month in April, adding to evidence that Europe’s largest economy can weather the sovereign-debt crisis. [...]
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Singapore’s consumer prices rose at a slower-than-expected pace in April, as car ownership eased sharply.
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