US Jobless Claims Jump by 9,000 Over last Week
The number of claims for unemployment benefits in the U.S. rose by 9,000 last week to a seasonally-a...
Trifecta of US Data
What have we got this morning that going to keep us from falling into another stupor? A trifecta of ...
US Wholesale Prices Rise More Than Expected
U.S. wholesale prices rose more than predicted in July on a 0.2 percent increase following a 0.4 per...
Swiss National Bank Acts to Ease Franc Appreciation
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) provided 120 billion Swiss francs (US$152 billion) to the Swiss bankin...
CHF another EURO Disappointment
Now that the SNB has failed to live up to investors expectations of introducing the CHF to a new peg...
UK Inflation Jumps to 4.4%
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) used by the UK to measure inflation, rose from 4.2 percent in June t...
Japan On Track for Recovery
Japan's economy contracted by an annualized rate of 1.3 percent in the second quarter providing furt...
Germany’s Growth Decline Adds to Euro Concern
The latest GDP figures from Germany show that growth in the German economy declined in the second qu...
EURO Weight on Germany too heavy?
The market has already been forewarned that there will be no political end to the Euro-zone crisis f...
British Pound Falls as Investors Abandon Sterling
Expectations of a weaker pound have investors abandoning the British currency over fears that the ec...
Swiss Franc Weaker on Intervention Speculation
The Swiss franc continues to gain over most of the major currencies despite the central bank's attem...
CHF backed by lack of Bonds
A resemblance of calm has returned to this market after last week’s significant vol...
US Retail Sales Jump 0.5%
U.S. retail sales for July had the best showing in four months gaining 0.5 percent from the month be...
US data to outperform EUR
What a week, and its only Friday morning. The market still has some data to chew on before one can s...
Swiss National Bank Floats Possibility of Franc Peg
Swiss Central Bank Vice President Thomas Jordan said in an interview that the central bank could con...
US Jobless Claims Fall to Lowest Level Since April
The number of claims for unemployment benefits fell last week to a four-month low of 395,000 - a dro...
Central Bank’s Battle with Currency’s
It has been awhile since Cbanks have made investors so trigger happy. This week, the market did not ...
Bank of Japan Running Out of Levers as Yen Climbs
Last week Japanese officials intervened in the markets in an attempt to dampen enthusiasm for the ye...