Tepid global demand amidst a rising dollar is clearly weighing on overall US exports: TD Economics
Mar 06, 2015 19:25 pm UTC| Commentary
Quotes from TD Economics:- Overall, the trade report came in largely as expected on the headline, with cheaper oil and rising production leading to an improvement in the balance. The sharp widening in the trade deficit in...
Reasons for the Fed to delay raising rates is getting thinner: Voya Financials
Mar 06, 2015 19:08 pm UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Voya Financials:- The pile of reasons for the Fed to delay raising rates is getting thinner. Todays nonfarm payrolls report showed that the economy added 295K jobs to the economy in February, the twelfth...
Market movers ahead: Danske Bank
Mar 06, 2015 18:56 pm UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Danske Bank:- US retail sales have been weak of lat, but we expect to see a pickup in February despite the severe winter weather.- Industrial production numbers are likely to confirm the improving trend in...
The week ahead: Societe Generale
Mar 06, 2015 18:36 pm UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Societe Generale:- The next big event is the Mar 19 FOMC. We will spend next week speculating. The US has retail sales on Thursday but otherwise a quiet calendar.- Speculation that Greece needs another bailout...
Robust US economic growth should be positive for commodity demand: Capital Economics
Mar 06, 2015 18:33 pm UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Capital Economics:- Most commodity prices fell this week even before the strong US payrolls data raised expectations of early Fed tightening and further dollar strength.- While recognising that both...
Germany and Spain made a reasonable start to 2015: Capital Economics
Mar 06, 2015 18:21 pm UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Lloyds Bank:- Januarys industrial production data (released on Friday) suggest that Germany and Spain made a reasonable start to 2015, although there are few signs that the drop in the euro exchange rate is...
Central Bank of Russia may cut rates by 100bp (Friday): Capital Economics
Mar 06, 2015 18:11 pm UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Lloyds Bank:- We think that the central bank of Russia (CBR) will cut its benchmark interest rate by 100bp on Friday.- Having cut rates by 200bp in January, the CBR made it clear that the recent acceleration in...
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