posted by
recessionfear
14 minutes ago
in NZD
NZD/USD spiked initially to .8380 but has fallen back to .8340 after the market took a closer look at the data. The improvement in the unemployment rate was down to a lower participation rate and an increase in part-time jobs. The opinions and analysis ...
posted by
Lanen
30 minutes ago
in USD, EUR, JPY, GBP, AUD, NZD
The NZD opens at 0.7730 AUD, 0.6290 EUR, 0.5270 GBP and 64.10 JPY. NZ Employment figures today. Unemployment expected to come in at 6.5% and Employment Growth at 0.4%. Offshore we get CPI and PPI figures from China today and tonight the ECB and BoE ...
posted by
mattypark
46 minutes ago
in USD, EUR, NZD
These factors should dampen demand today, though recent interest from large Asian buyers may help the tender. Attention will return to local data this morning with NZ employment data. An on-expectations result (see NZD section) may be enough to ...
posted by
forexalliancecom
55 minutes ago
in CAD, AUD, Special
Exchange traded funds are a great way to diversify a portfolio and give the individual investor a chance to gain experience in another asset class. It’s even handier when they are able to get the investor into a trend that may have already passe
posted by
cane
58 minutes ago
in USD, EUR, GBP, NZD
By Mike Jones After climbing to a fresh 5-month high above 0.8400 last night, the NZD/USD has subsequently crashed back to Earth. The currency currently trades around 0.8340, pretty close to where it was 24-hours prior. Markets had the wind at their ...
posted by
sonnyboy
1 hour 14 minutes ago
in USD, EUR, JPY, GBP, CAD, AUD, Commodities
Despite the mixed reports, the US economy continues to outperform many of its peers, making the USD a relatively attractive asset. The EUR pared some of its recent gains against the dollar overnight, but remains well entrenched within its higher ranges ...
posted by
FXTimes
1 hour 19 minutes ago
in AUD, Fundamental, Inflation
In Thursday's Asia session China releases its latest reading on inflation. Headline annual inflation is expected cool a bit further in January to a 4.0% pace from 4.1% in December, which would further confirm that inflation peaked in mid-2011. Th
posted by
commodityblog
1 hour 51 minutes ago
in USD, CAD, Fundamental
The Canadian dollar fell against the US dollar and the euro, but gained versus the Japanese yen as growing optimism about an outcome of the talks about Greek debt has started to slowly disappear from the Forex market, but hasn’t gone completely y
posted by
skushno
2 hours 30 minutes ago
in CAD
The Bank of Canada auctioned CAD 3.5 bln reopening of 0.75% 5/1/14 (2-year) bond at an average yield of 1.095% (99.245) for settlement 2/10/12. The low yield was 1.090% (99.256), the high yield 1.098% (99.238) and allotments at the high were 74.97024%.
posted by
realtrade
2 hours 46 minutes ago
in CHF
The greenback was slightly higher against the yen and the Swiss franc, with USD/JPY gaining 0.20% to hit 76.91 and USD/CHF up 0.10% to hit 0.9126. Official data showed earlier that the unemployment rate in Switzerland held steady at 3.1% in January, ...
posted by
Jason65
2 hours 58 minutes ago
in CAD
For the three months ended December 31, 2011, Cash Store Financial made dividend payments totalling CAD $2.1 million. For the year ended September 30, 2011, Cash Store Financial made dividend payments totalling CAD $7.9 million.
posted by
EJSuratos
3 hours ago
in EUR, Special
I think by most conventional measures, used by most professional investors, European Central Bank Chief Mario Draghi has been a success. He has bolstered the returns for equity funds considerably since his decision to utilize a three-year term, i