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U.S. Employment Shows Another Significant Decrease In Dec

posted by scorpio 1233 days ago in USD, Fundamental, Employment made popular 1232 days ago

Labor market conditions continued to show a significant deterioration in the month of December, with employment falling for the twelfth consecutive month. The unemployment rate for the month also jumped to a sixteen-year high.

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Dollar drops ahead of US job figures

posted by Valerie 1233 days ago in USD, EUR made popular 1233 days ago

The dollar fell against the euro and yen on Friday as the market readied for key US jobs data, traders said.

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Dollar moves narrowly in lower 91 yen ahead of U.S. NFP

posted by vhinz316 1233 days ago in USD, JPY, Employment made popular 1233 days ago

(Japan Economic Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) TOKYO, Jan. 9_(Kyodo) _ The U.S. dollar moved narrowly in the lower 91 yen territory Friday in Tokyo as market players retreated to the sidelines ahead of closely-monitored U.S. employment data

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Canada’s jobless rate jumps to 6.6 per cent

posted by sassygirl 1233 days ago in CAD, Fundamental, Employment made popular 1233 days ago

The deepening recession took another bite out of Canada’s labour market in December as the country shed 34,400 jobs — 70,700 full-time losses party offset by part-time gains — and the unemployment rate jumped three-tenths of a point to 6.6 per ce

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Spanish Industrial Production Surprises to the Downside

posted by strawberry 1233 days ago in EUR, Fundamental made popular 1233 days ago

Spanish industrial production fell 15.1% in the 12 months to November in weighted daily average terms, down from both the 11.4% decline forecast and the previous month's 12.9% annualized contraction, the National Statistics institute reported on

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Consumer borrowing falls by $7.94B in November

posted by odell 1234 days ago in USD, Fundamental, Consumer made popular 1234 days ago

Consumers cut back on their borrowing by a record amount in dollar terms in November, another sign of trouble for the rapidly weakening economy.

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Currencies Trading All Over the Map

posted by odell 1235 days ago in USD, Sentiment, Special made popular 1235 days ago

Currencies including the dollar and the euro have entered a period of extreme volatility that is hindering global commerce and adding further uncertainty to a world economy facing its worst downturn in decade.

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Pick of the Day: USD/JPY

posted by MarcB 1235 days ago in USD, JPY, Technical made popular 1235 days ago

Greetings and Happy New Year! I'm back and it looks like currencies are back to their volatile ways. For my first trade of the year, I'm going short USD/JPY. Let's take a look at the fundamental and technical reasons why I think this pair may con

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Fed: Economic woes will last despite radical moves

posted by odell 1236 days ago in USD, Fundamental, GDP

Even as Federal Reserve officials slashed their key interest rate to a record low and pledged to use other unconventional tools to fight the worst financial crisis since the 1930s, they still feared the economy would be stuck in a painful rut for

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MOT #76 - Which Comes First - Wealth or Wisdom?

posted by wiredprg 1236 days ago in Trading Psychology

Comment on this episode and more here:http://www.tradingpostfinancial.com/mot-------From the beginning of time the most successful individuals have had a common thread of applying wisdom to every action they attempt.T...

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EU faces deepening energy crunch over Russian gas

posted by PipChecker 1236 days ago in USD, Trade

Europe faced a deepening energy crunch and more sub-zero temperatures on Wednesday, with Moscow and Kiev showing little sign of a swift resolution of a pricing dispute that has slashed Russian gas supplies to the West.

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Don't get used to cheap oil, analysts say

posted by odell 1236 days ago in USD, Oil made popular 1236 days ago

All that money you're saving these days at the gas pump? You might want to put it in the bank.

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