US employment health – quit rates edition
Mar 06, 2015 10:10 am UTC| Insights & Views
US NFP report would be released today at 13:30 GMT for the month of February. The chart is prepared in FRED dashboard of St. Louis FED. Some of the components of the employment have reached the pre-crisis level like the...
Greek property prices nose dive
Mar 06, 2015 09:14 am UTC| Insights & Views
Recession and deflation in Greece is more acute than any of its Euro zone partners. Moreover it continues to suffer over a funding crisis that may lead to a Grexit, according to some economists and market...
Strong dollar burns emerging market currencies
Mar 06, 2015 08:42 am UTC| Insights & Views
Strength of the dollar this month is not bearing well for the emerging market currencies as latest strength of dollar seems to be fuelled by rise in treasury yield. Declines accelerated on yesterday, as strong docket...
Euro zone inflation expectations rise with ECB
Mar 06, 2015 08:07 am UTC| Insights & Views
President Mario Draghi of European Central Bank (ECB), yesterday has clarified that ECB is going to star its purchase programme from 9th March 2015 and went ahead to express utmost determination to successfully complete...
Guide to today’s important data & events
Mar 06, 2015 07:31 am UTC| Insights & Views
Today is the day of the data of the month, US NFP report. Other data releases today, are of moderate risk. Todays focus is on US. Data released so far - Germany - Industrial data released showed the resilience of...
Mar 05, 2015 16:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Energy segment performance is mixed over this week with more whipsaw movement. Performance this week at a glance in chart table - Oil (WTI) - WTI, the best performer this week, continues to feel the pressure above $50...
Mar 05, 2015 16:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Supply glut continues to persist in the US. US oil inventories increased by 10.3 million barrels to 444.4 million barrels way more than average estimate of 4 million barrels and previous around 8.4 million barrels. This...
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