Mar 10, 2015 16:49 pm UTC| Commentary
Since late Jan, Copper has been correcting higher. Now the daily RSI are rolling over from overbought BofA Merrill Lynch notes in a report on Tuesday: We look for a top in the confluence of resistance between...
Mar 10, 2015 16:44 pm UTC| Commentary
BofA Merrill Lynch notes in a report on Tuesday: We remain bullish and long USD/JPY. Pullbacks should be limited to old Triangle resistance, now support at 120.32/119.96. It would take a break of the Mar-03, 119.38 low...
Mar 10, 2015 16:42 pm UTC| Commentary
BofA Merrill Lynch notes in a report on Tuesday: We recommend raising USD/CAD trailing stop to 1.2450 and maintain our bullish target of...
U.S. small business confidence shows little improvement in Feb
Mar 10, 2015 15:10 pm UTC| Commentary
NFIBs small business optimism index remained little changed in Feb, edging up 0.1 points and landing at 98.0. Todays reading fell short of expectations, with the median consensus forecast calling for a more pronounced rise...
Mar 10, 2015 14:57 pm UTC| Commentary
The share of workers that have voluntarily quit their jobs has increased to levels just shy of the level seen in the 2004-2006 boom years.The share of workers that voluntarily quit their jobs rose to 2% in January,...
Monetary policies pushing EUR/USD to the limit
Mar 10, 2015 14:30 pm UTC| Commentary
The demand for dollars is again driving xCcy basis swap spreads to wide levels, and to all-time low values for long swaps.This is driven by two distinct flows that both are a product of divergent monetary policies. Though...
Risk of India's current account deficit ballooning again is low
Mar 10, 2015 14:16 pm UTC| Commentary
Indias current account deficit narrowed to $8.2bn last quarter, from $10.1bn in Q3. This means that the shortfall decreased to 1.6% of GDP in Q4, from 2.1% of GDP in Q3.Breakdown reveals that the smaller deficit was caused...
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