Riksbank fires another round of QE bullet, Krona still strong
Oct 28, 2015 09:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
Swedens Riksbankhas kept the interest rates steady, while firing another round of quantitative easing. Interest rate was kept at -0.35%, while increasing its asset purchase program by SEK 65 billion. Citing...
Refugee crisis dents German consumer confidence
Oct 28, 2015 09:04 am UTC| Insights & Views
Refugee crisis seem to be having much greater impact on consumer psyche and most fearing that current crisis will deepen economic problems in Europes largest nation. So far this year hundreds of thousands of refugee...
Inflation surprises to three-year low in Australia
Oct 28, 2015 08:22 am UTC| Insights & Views
Market participants and economists were taken by surprise as Reserve Bank of Australias (RBA) preferred measure of inflation dipped to three year low in third quarter. CPI rose by 0.5% in third quarter compared to...
Guide to today’s important data and events
Oct 28, 2015 07:40 am UTC| Insights & Views
Not many economic dockets scheduled for today and some with high risks associated. Focus on FOMC rate decision. Data released so far Australia - RBA trimmed mean CPI grew just 0.3% in third quarter, up 2.1% from a...
Currency snapshot (major pairs)
Oct 27, 2015 17:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Dollar index trading at 96.89 (+0.08%). Strength meter (today so far) - Euro -0.20%, Franc -0.33%, Yen +0.48%, GBP -0.25% Strength meter (since last week) - Euro +0.23%, Franc -0.88%, Yen +0.84%, GBP +0.03% EUR/USD...
Oct 27, 2015 16:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Equities are all trading in red today. Kindly note all instruments mentioned here are CFDs, whose values might differ from cash or future traded. Performance this week at a glance in chart table - SP 500 - SP 500 is...
Commodities snapshot (precious & industrial)
Oct 27, 2015 16:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Metal pack is trading green in todays trading. Performance this week at a glance in chart table - Gold - Gold is marginally up. Focus is on FOMC tomorrow. Todays range - $1160-$1169. Gold might reach as high as...
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