Feb 26, 2016 12:07 pm UTC| Market Roundups
Market Roundup USD/JPY trading higher to 113.22 but not convincing. GBP/USD back above 1.40 but short lived. Swiss Q4 Non-Farm Payrolls 4.897 mln vs 4.244 mln. EZ February Business Climate 0.07 vs 0.29 previous,...
Feb 26, 2016 06:45 am UTC| Market Roundups
Market Roundup New Zealand Jan trade surplus NZ$8 mln, NZ$245.5 mln deficit forecast, year-to-Jan deficit NZ$3.578 bln, NZ$3.84 bln forecast, Jan imports NZ$3.89 bln, imports NZ$3.9 bln. Japan FinMin Aso - Not...
Feb 25, 2016 23:09 pm UTC| Market Roundups
Market Roundup US durable goods orders rebound strongly in January (4.9% vs 2.5% forecast). US jobless claims up, but trend points to firming labor market (272k vs 270k forecast). Oil erases losses on talk of major...
Feb 25, 2016 12:06 pm UTC| Market Roundups
Market Roundup EUR/GBP at marginal new high 0.7928, GBP/USD plays 1.39-1.3964 range. Germany Mar GfK Consumer Sentiment 9.5 vs 9.4 previous, 9.3 expected. Germany Final Jan HICP 0.4% y/y vs 0.4% previous, 0.4%...
Feb 25, 2016 06:49 am UTC| Market Roundups
Market Roundup BoJ Policy Board Kiuchi - Negative rates could destabilize economy, dissented at last meeting on economic view, 2% inflation target difficult - Reuters. MoF flow data week-ended Feb 20 - Japanese buy net...
Feb 24, 2016 23:06 pm UTC| Market Roundups
Market Roundup Markets see-saw; equities/oil reverse early losses, UST yields rise into NY close. U.S. new home sales fall sharply (-9.2% vs -4.4% forecast). US Markit svcs PMI misses (49.8 vs 53.5 forecast), 1st...
Feb 24, 2016 11:50 am UTC| Market Roundups
Market Roundup GBP/USD hits 1.3881 from 1.4029 on Brexit plays. USD/JPY hits 111.63 low from 112.26 high. Swiss Jan UBS Consumption Indicator 1.66 vs 1.61 revised previous. France Feb Consumer confidence 95 vs 97...
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