US Rate Increase Boosts Dollar, Oil Falls
A 50 basis point increase in the Federal Reserve’s Discount Rate lifted the dollar to a nine-m...
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Fed Raises Discount Rate – Official Funds Rate to Follow?
The US Federal Reserve caught the market somewhat by surprise when it raised the Discount Rate to 0....
Consumer Prices in U.S. Rose 0.2% in January; Core Drops 0.1%
The cost of living in the U.S. rose in January less than anticipated and a measure of prices excludi...
US CPI +0.2% vs. +0.3%, core -0.1% vs. +0.2%
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UK retail sales suffer sharp fall on snowy weather
Poor winter weather drove UK retail sales down by 1.8% between December and January, the sharpest dr...
Canadian Retail sales +0.4% vs. +0.6%
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Gold eases after Fed rate hike
Gold eased in Europe on Friday as the U.S. dollar surged to nine-month highs versus the euro, but er...
Bernanke Gives Dollar the Green Light
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Fed Raises Discount Window Rate to 0.75 percent
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Federal Reserve Raises Discount Rate by Quarter-Point to 0.75%
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Canada’s Inflation Climbs to 1.9%
Higher gasoline prices helped push Canada’s inflation to 1.9 percent in January with all regio...
U.S. Jobless Claims on the Rise
The US Labor Department said today that the number of new claims for unemployment benefits rose last...
Stock index futures under pressure after US employment data
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EUR to gather speed through 1.3530
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US unemployment claims surprisingly advance +473k vs. +440k w/w
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Greece will cost us all
Now we wait and see what policy makers deliver us. Fear of the unknown has made many begin to lose s...
Swiss ZEW Edges Down Slightly
The ZEW-CS-Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Switzerland declines by 3.7 points, reaching the 52.5...
Fed Plans Eventual Exit from Housing Debt
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Merkel Slams Greek ‘Scandal’ as Goldman Role Examined
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it would be a “scandal†if banks h...
UK finances deteriorate further
The state of the UK’s public finances deteriorated further in January, according to official f...