US March headline inflation likely to remain close to zero
Apr 10, 2015 16:00 pm UTC| Commentary
Alongside a plethora of Fed speakers, markets will have plenty of other US releases to chew on this week. The data flow includes February industrial production (Weds), business inventories (Tues), housing data (Thurs) and...
US retail sales to provide an indication of the economy’s strength
Apr 10, 2015 15:53 pm UTC| Commentary
Retail sales report will be a litmus test of US consumers health. The March FOMC minutes showed a diverse set of views within the Committee regarding the policy outlook. However, the meeting took place before the weak...
Apr 10, 2015 14:45 pm UTC| Commentary
Western Union:Initial signs of the U.S. economy emerging from its sluggish start to the year have helped the U.S. dollar get back on a strengthening path against its rivals.The big positives for the dollar this week came...
Apr 10, 2015 14:44 pm UTC| Commentary
Western Union:Canadas loonie rebounded from more than one-week lows after the nations employment report beat expectations with a gain of 28,700 for March.Unemployment remained at 6.8 percent, as expected. The loss of...
Apr 10, 2015 14:44 pm UTC| Commentary
Western Union:Another reminder of the fragile shape of the Chinese economy weighed on the Aussie dollar which relinquished some of its gains on the week. Consumer prices in China held steady at 1.4 percent in March,...
Apr 10, 2015 14:43 pm UTC| Commentary
Western Union:The pound sank to new five-year lows under $1.47 as underwhelming U.K. data today added to the host of bearish factors plaguing the British unit.U.K. fundamentals have been flashing mixed signals of late but...
Apr 10, 2015 14:43 pm UTC| Commentary
Western Union:The euro slipped under $1.06 to new three-week lows against its U.S. peer, weighed down by a bevy of factors. Among them: widening interest rate differentials in favor of dollar-denominated assets, the ECBs...
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