Americas Roundup: Dollar stays weak, but long-term outlook still upbeat, Oil prices steady but outlook more bearish, gold heads for first weekly gain in three as Fed hurts dollar-March 18th 2017

Mar 17, 2017 21:58 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup US Feb Industrial production 0% v forecast 0.2%, -0.1% previous, Mfg production 0.5% v forecast 0.4%, 9.5% previous. US Capacity Utilization 75.4% v 75.5% forecast 75.5% previous. University of...

Europe Roundup: Sterling rallies on BoE rate vote split, dollar touches 5-week trough as Fed disappoints bulls, investors eye weekend G20 meeting - Friday, March 17th, 2017

Mar 17, 2017 11:42 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup EUR/USD +0.05%, USD/JPY -0.05%, GBP/USD +0.3%, DXY -0.2% DAX -0.05%, CAC +0.4%, Brent +0.2%, Gold +0.2%, Copper +0.2% Dollar poised for weekly losses after Fed disappoints bulls G20...

Asia Roundup: Kiwi gains following upbeat Business NZ PMI, euro touches 5-1/2-week peak, dollar set for weekly losses on Fed's slower-than-expected rate hike path - Friday, March 17th, 2017

Mar 17, 2017 06:15 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup End-Dec Japan household assets up 0.9% y/y to record Y1800 trln, corporate deposits Y244 tln (+7.5%), BoJ holdings of JGBs Y421 tln (39.1% of total), JGBs held by offshore accounts Y113 tln...

Americas Roundup: Dollar sinks to lowest in a month, Euro buoyed by results of Dutch election, Oil slips despite weak dollar as U.S. stockpiles remain high-March 17th, 2017

Mar 16, 2017 22:07 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup US housing starts 1.288m v 1.26m forecast, 1.251m previous, boosted by warmer weather; building permits -6.2%. US jobless claims 241k v 240k forecast, 243k previous; continuing claims 2.03m v 2.06m...

Europe Roundup: Euro eases despite upbeat CPI figures, dollar steadies near 1-month low, markets eye BoE policy meeting outcome - Thursday, March 16th, 2017

Mar 16, 2017 11:52 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup EUR/USD -0.2%, USD/JPY flat, GBP/USD -0.3%, DXY -0.05% DAX +1.0%, CAC +0.7%, Brent +1.3%, Gold +0.6%, Copper +1.4% Dollar steadies after worst fall in two months EZ Feb Inflation final...

Asia Roundup: Antipodeans ease on downbeat domestic data, dollar slumps as Fed sticks to gradual rate hike, Asian share advance - Thursday, Friday 16th, 2017

Mar 16, 2017 06:28 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup BoJ leaves monetary policy as is, as forecast, short rate target -0.1%, 10-year JGB target @zero, vote 7-2, to maintain QQE, Sato-Kiuchi again dissent, economic assessment left mostly as is, housing...

Americas Roundup: Dollar tumbles after Fed says rate hike pace seen gradual, Oil rebounds as U.S. crude inventories ease off record high - March 15th 2017

Mar 15, 2017 21:57 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Fed hikes rate 25bps as expected vote was 9-1 Kashkari voted to hold, signal total 3 hikes in 2017. Fed: Consensus firms for 3 hikes in 2017 sees faster pace of increases in 2019, 2018 and longer-run...