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USD Rallies As May Consumer Confidence Hits Highest Level Since October 2007

posted by Avatar eunicepeggster 1 day 17 hours ago in USD, EUR, CAD

... their Spending due to Higher Financial Confidence > USD/CAD Extend Loss Confidence among US consumers for May hit the highest level since October 2007, reflecting their persistent optimism about the prospective strength of the economy as inflation ... read more
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Singapore Stocks-May open up; Tiger Airways in focus

posted by Avatar eunicepeggster 6 days ago in all

----------------------MARKET SNAPSHOT @ 0008 GMT ------------ INSTRUMENT LAST PCT CHG NET CHG S&P 500 1295.22 -0.74% -9.640 USD/JPY 79.13 -0.04% -0.030 10-YR US TSY YLD 1.7346 -- 0.012 SPOT GOLD 1595.69 0.23% 3.690 US CRUDE 91.39 -0.10% -0.090 DOW ... read more
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Aussie Halts Downtrend After China CPI, PPI Data

posted by Avatar eunicepeggster 16 days ago in USD, NZD

The Australian dollar paused its recent downtrend against most of its major opponents on Friday morning in Asia following the release of Chinese April inflation data. China Consumer Price Index or CPI rose to 3.4 percent year-on-year in ... read more
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BOE to consider facilities budget -5/6/2012, 1:11 PM

posted by Avatar eunicepeggster 20 days ago in GBP

By JUDY SHERARD Hays USD 489 Board of Education members will review the first draft of the 2012-13 capital outlay budget at their meeting at 6:30 pm Monday in the Toepfer Board Room at the Rockwell Administration Center, 323 W. 12th. read more
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UBS AG's CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

posted by Avatar eunicepeggster 24 days ago in USD, EUR, JPY, CHF, CAD made popular 24 days ago

However, overall revenues declined due to a weaker performance in short-term interest rates and the inclusion of a CHF 93 million negative revenue adjustment, reflecting improvements made to the own credit calculation methodology with an offsetting ... read more
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Indonesia - Market Factors to watch - April 24

posted by Avatar eunicepeggster 33 days ago in all made popular 33 days ago

Investors pushed global equities and the euro lower on M onday as Dutch political turmoil and disappointing euro zone data revived fears the region's debt crisis could keep much of Europe mired in recession through the year. * Malaysian palm oil fell ... read more
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Yen slips, Aussie jumps as China data cheers

posted by Avatar eunicepeggster 55 days ago in AUD made popular 55 days ago

The safe-haven yen eased on Monday, while commodity currencies like the Australian dollar jumped after surprisingly strong Chinese factory activity data eased fears about a hard landing in the world's second biggest economy. read more
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Global forces continue to outweigh local negatives for the Kiwi dollar says ...

posted by Avatar eunicepeggster 55 days ago in USD, AUD, NZD made popular 55 days ago

By Roger J Kerr It is a telling commentary on what factors drive the short-term direction of the NZ dollar exchange rate against the USD, when important New Zealand economic measures are negative and weaker than expected, however the currency does not ... read more
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Psychology/Strategy for major markets today

posted by Avatar eunicepeggster 65 days ago in JPY

*USD/JPY - EUR/JPY sales dragged it lower and 82.60 support finally cracked. 81.90 the next level to watch, but lower levels not likely to last beyond month end. *EUR/GBP, GBP/USD - Soft retail sales following the MPC minutes and borrowing data ... read more
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USD/JPY Fundamental Analysis March 26, 2012, Forecast

posted by Avatar eunicepeggster 65 days ago in USD, EUR made popular 65 days ago

Early Thursday, a reading on Chinese manufacturing compiled by HSBC showed the index hit a four-month low in March. The new reading came in at 48.1, down from 49.6 in February. A reading on manufacturing activity in Germany showed the eurozone also hit ... read more
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Fitch expects to rate Bladex's bonds 'BBB(exp)'

posted by Avatar eunicepeggster 65 days ago in all

March 22 - Based on the documentation provided, Fitch Ratings expects to rate Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior's (Bladex) upcoming USD senior unsecured notes (the notes) 'BBB(exp)'. The final rating is contingent upon the receipt of final ... read more
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Markets more comfortable living with euro risk; less comfortable with Iran risk

posted by Avatar eunicepeggster 90 days ago in USD, EUR, Commodities, Economic Indicators

The weakening NZD/EUR helped limit NZD/USD gains to the 0.8400/0.8430 region last week. We still think interest rate and growth fundamentals are skewed in favour of the NZD/EUR. As such, we doubt last week's sell-off represents the beginning of a new ... read more