APAC Corner: ECB Trims, but Euro looks Flabby
Post-ECB, the Euro bounces along the bottom with trading in Asia muted today as we run into the week...
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Only 5 Non-OPEC Producers to Attend Saturday’s Meeting
Only five of 14 non-OPEC oil producers have agreed so far to meet the group on Saturday for talks ai...
XAU/USD – Gold Steady as Jobless Claims Match Forecast
Gold continues to have an uneventful week. In Thursday’s North American trade, the spot price ...
WTI/USD – Crude Hugs $50 Level, US Jobless Claims Slides
US crude prices have ticked higher in the Thursday session, as crude sticks close to the symbolic le...
Non-OPEC Producers Might not Be as Motivated to Join Cut
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries played hardball with oil producers over the la...
GBP/USD – Pound Dips Below 1.26 on Strong US Jobless Claims
GBP/USD continues to post losses and has lost ground on Thursday session. In North American trade, t...
China Surprises with Rise in Commodity Imports
China’s imports of commodities surged unexpectedly last month putting the world’s second...
Gold Lower After ECB QE Taper Announcement
Gold prices are holding at moderately lower levels in late-morning action Thursday. The yellow metal...
Japan Approves Tax Reforms Plans for 2017
Japan’s ruling parties approved tax reform plans Thursday for fiscal 2017, setting the stage f...
Chinese Exports Rebound in November
China’s exports grew in November for the first time in nine months while imports also rose, su...
Tapering Wrapped in a Lovely Bow
Post Announcement Reaction The ECB announced today that it will begin tapering (or not as Draghi lat...
US Unemployment Claims Fell Last Week
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell from a five-month high last week, poin...
Reuters Poll Says OPEC Will Have in Effect in Inventories Not Prices
OPEC’s landmark oil-production deal may prove effective in running down global inventories, bu...
Japan’s Q3 Growth Revised Downward
Japan’s economy grew much slower than initially estimated in the third quarter of the year, fi...
Canada: New Housing Price Index, October 2016
The New Housing Price Index (NHPI) rose 0.4% in October compared with the previous month. The combin...
Canada: Building permits, October 2016
Municipalities issued $7.6 billion worth of building permits in October, up 8.7% from September. Hig...
ECB Extends QE But at a Reduced Pace
The European Central Bank expanded its quantitative-easing program to exceed 2.2 trillion euros ($2....
USD/CAD – Canadian Dollar Unchanged, Building Permits Sparkles
The Canadian dollar is unchanged in the Thursday session. In North American trade, USD/CAD is tradin...
USD/JPY – Yen Dips on Mixed Japanese Numbers
USD/JPY has lost ground in the Thursday session. Currently, the pair is trading at 113.40. On the re...
Politics Not Fundamentals Guides the ECB
Thursday December 8: Five things the markets are talking about Can Draghi afford to rock the boat to...