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What economists say about UK Retail sales

posted by grink 6 hours ago in GBP, Special, Retail Sales made popular 4 hours ago

"Living up to its reputation as being a random number generator. Surveys are weak, consumer confidence is at rock bottom, unemployment is shooting up and yet retail sales manages to post just a 0.1% m/m contraction, much higher than the near -1%  read more

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Central Bank Tries to Determine Interest Rates as Far as it

posted by chloegurl 12 hours ago in Fundamental, Special, Inflation made popular 4 hours ago

Occasionally I hear the odd guest on CNBC or Bloomberg Radio who lays blame for the crisis in exactly the right place - the Federal Reserve System in the U.S....or central banking more broadly.  read more

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Great Traders are Gauged by How Many Good Trades They Make

posted by thegearedinvestor 2 days ago in Sentimental, Special, Trading made popular 5 hours ago

When I started trading forex I realized that 90% of the people who get into trading currencies are here because they think they are going to become rich. Whether you trade stocks, bonds, futures, options, forex, or any other flavor of investments  read more

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Swiss franc ended the week down 1.4% against the US dollar

posted by ceronueve 2 days ago in CHF, Weekly, Consumer made popular 5 hours ago

The Swiss franc ended the week down 1.4% against the US dollar on top of last week's 1.8% decline.  read more

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British pound suffered another steep

posted by ceronueve 2 days ago in GBP, Fundamental, Weekly made popular 4 hours ago

The British pound suffered another steep weekly decline ending down 5.9% versus the US dollar and hit a record low versus the euro after the Bank of England slashed rates last week 150 basis points and this week warned of the potential for deflat  read more

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Deflation now tops policy-makers' hit list

posted by xjessicax 11 hours ago in CAD, Fundamental, Special made popular 1 hour 31 minutes ago

Cars are piling up in storage because dealers don't want bloated inventories. Chinese factories are running out of room for all the appliances they're turning out but can't ship.  read more

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Gold Market Price Points to Watch

posted by AnnJ 4 hours ago in Technical, Daily, Gold made popular 3 hours ago

For those like myself who remain strongly bearish on the US dollar, gold is an appealing buy, and a key indicator of the dollar's health. With that in mind, let's look at a few charts to help us identify key price points that gold and currency tr  read more

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Beware Seasonal Reversals in FX Markets

posted by Miss60 4 hours ago in Technical, Daily made popular 1 hour 31 minutes ago

Although currencies ended up adopting their usual path of following the swings in risk appetite, it's worth explaining Wednesday's earlier spikes in EUR/USD and GBP/USD. The moves were a result of broad dollar selling (also seen in a $25 rally ju  read more