Japan to Extend Stimulus Spending
The Japanese government announced it will commit another US$61 billion to additional stimulus spendi...
Euro Deal Fails to Stop Slide
Despite assurances from the European Union's two largest members, investors continue to avoid the eu...
EUR is no winner
International headlines state that Ireland ‘wins’, that Greece ââ...
Dollar Gains as North Korea Ramps Up Rhetoric
Fears that tensions between North and South Korea could escalate further have pushed the US dollar t...
Portugal Denies Need for Bail-Out
In a comment reminiscent of statements issued by Ireland's government just days before agreeing to i...
Consumer Prices in Japan Fall for 20th Straight Month
Japan's core consumer price index fell 0.6 percent in October year-on-year, compared to a 1.1 percen...
EURO Black Friday for the peripheries
It is difficult to have a strong conviction in a thin market, movements tend to be over exaggerated ...
Russia Buying Canadian Dollars
Alexei Ulyukayev, first deputy chairman of Russia’s central bank, said in an interv...
Irish Debt Pulls Euro Lower
After losing a full three cents this week, the euro appears poised to continue its losing ways as in...
Risk of eurozone break-up ‘very real’
The debt-ridden eurozone risks break-up unless it forces banks to eventually share the crisis bill w...
EUR relief rally on the way?
As anticipated, with the holiday shortened trading week and after a plethora of data yesterday the m...
Ireland’s Austerity Plan at a glance
The Irish government has unveiled the deficit reduction plan required for its EU and IMF bail-out, r...
Better-Than-Expected Jobless Claims Boosts Dollar
The dollar gained on both the yen and the euro in trading in New York this morning on news that new ...
US Consumer Spending Rises 0.4%
For the fourth straight month, consumer spending grew, rising another 0.4 percent in October followi...
Could Germany Abandon the Euro?
Following on the heels of Ireland's bail-out announcement comes further speculation that Portugal an...
Euro-zone data digested sell the EUR preferred
Merkel seems to have got it right when she said the Euro is in an ‘exceptionally serio...
China Considers Controls to Deal With Rising Prices
Inflation concerns in China and the government’s potential response to these concer...
Korean Artillery Fire Boosts Dollar
News that North and South Korea had exchanged artillery fire had investors running to the perceived ...
US Economy Grows by 2.5% in 3rd Quarter
The US economy expanded by 2.5 percent in the 3rd quarter beating expectations and surpassing the 2 ...
Canada’s Inflation at 2-Year High
Canada's inflation rate for October jumped to an annualized rate of 2.4 percent prompting some to su...