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European Confidence Remains Close to Three-Year Low

posted by odell 1458 days ago in EUR made popular 1458 days ago

Confidence among European executives and consumers stayed at the lowest in almost three years in May as soaring oil and food prices pushed up costs and the euro's gain against the dollar damped exports.

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U.K. Home Values Drop Most on Record, Nationwide Says

posted by odell 1458 days ago in GBP, Housing made popular 1458 days ago

U.K. house prices fell in May by the most since at least 1991 as the shortage of credit starved the property market of buyers, Nationwide Building Society said.

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German Unemployment Unexpectedly Increased in May

posted by odell 1458 days ago in EUR, Employment made popular 1458 days ago

German unemployment unexpectedly rose in May for the first time in more than two years as record oil prices and the euro's appreciation weighed on exports.

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Will the Fed Use a 'Two-by-Four' to Whack Oil?

posted by trade2win 1459 days ago in USD, Fundamental, Daily made popular 1458 days ago

The inflationary reality that we as consumers have been living for months may finally be starting to dawn on the U.S. Federal Reserve.

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Top Three Chart Patterns for Wednesday

posted by maximumpips 1459 days ago in Technical made popular 1458 days ago

Top Chart Setup #1: Euro in Breakdown Zone

Top Chart Setup #2: Kiwi Bulls Bomb at Resistance

Top Chart Setup #3: The Mighty Peso

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Canada's Flaherty upholds economic growth outlook

posted by pipsmgee 1459 days ago in CAD, Fundamental, Daily made popular 1458 days ago

Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty maintained on Wednesday his forecast for economic growth of 1.7 percent in 2008 but warned the economy faces serious challenges amid the U.S. slowdown.

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Understanding crude oil prices

posted by AlbertPipstein 1459 days ago in USD, Special, Oil made popular 1459 days ago

How would one go about explaining what oil prices have been doing and predicting where they might be headed next? This paper explores three broad ways one might approach this.

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Meltzer on the Fed, Money, and Gold

posted by AlbertPipstein 1459 days ago in USD, Gold, Inflation made popular 1459 days ago

Allan Meltzer of Carnegie Mellon University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about what the Fed really does and the political pressures facing the Chair of the Fed. He describes and analyzes some fascinating episodes in U.S. monetary history

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Q1-08 Eurozone GDP - A Last Salute from Germany?

posted by AlbertPipstein 1459 days ago in EUR, GDP made popular 1459 days ago

The preliminary and 'non-broken up' GDP figures for the Eurozone economy are now out for the first quarter of 2008.

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Fed Won’t Allow Stagflation, Too Early to Talk Rate Hike

posted by odell 1459 days ago in USD, Inflation made popular 1459 days ago

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Janet Yellen said Tuesday the central bank won’t allow a reprise of the 1970s stagflation era. During that period, the economy was faced with a mix of high inflation and slow economic growth that wa

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Economists React: ‘Little Indication’ of Housing Bottom

posted by odell 1459 days ago in USD, Special, Housing made popular 1459 days ago

Economists and others weigh in on the latest data from the Case-Shiller house price indices, which showed a drop in prices, and new-home-sales data, which showed an increase in sales and a jump in new-home prices.

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J.P. Morgan: Inflation to Hit 5%

posted by odell 1459 days ago in USD, Fundamental, Inflation made popular 1459 days ago

The consumer price index will be up 5.1% in August from a year earlier, Michael Feroli, economist at J.P. Morgan Chase, predicted in a note today to clients.

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