Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
European banks: $283B more in writedowns The ECB estimated bank writedowns due to securities —...
European banks: $283B more in writedowns The ECB estimated bank writedowns due to securities —...
Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, the ‘mighty dollar’ is one agai...
UK Plans for 5 Billion Pound Bond Sale The British government plans to sell up to 5 billion pounds (...
US Consumer Confidence Increases US Consumer Confidence rose for the forth straight month edging up ...
Green shoot economics? The Fed is relying heavily on the consumer to spend us out of this recession....
US Foreclosures Break 321,000 in May The US foreclosure rate increased by 18 percent in May when com...
US Retail Sales Up 0.5% For the first time in three months, US retail sales increased by 0.5 percent...
The Turkish Central Bank announced today that its foreign exchange reserves had increased from $66.3...
We are paying for higher oil-How does that help the global economy to grow? The Russians have no app...
New US Jobless Claims Decline to 601,000 The US Labor Department reported today that the total new c...
Fed Beige Book Says Recession Could Be Easing In its Beige Book update which summarizes economic con...
Earlier today the ECB published a press release of the swap line activation with Sweden’s Riks...
Ten lenders have been approved by Geithner and Co. to pay back $68b’s worth of TARP...
US Trade Deficit Approaches $30 Billion The Commerce Department announced today that April’s t...
Ten Banks Approved to Repay Loans As expected, the Treasury Department has released the names of ten...
The IMF has reasons to be concerned. In an article in this mornings UK Telegraph, it has called on t...
US Gov’t to Allow Some Banks to Repay Loans The US government is expected to announce today wh...
The last three months have seen a remarkable oil rally that has doubled the price of oil from around...
Dollar Rises on Speculation Fed Will Increase Lending Rates The dollar matched a one-week high again...
The slowing pace of deterioration does not alter the fact that the US economy is weak. Construction ...