Amid the US dollar falling to new record lows this past week against the euro and Swiss franc and to a two year low against the yen, WTI crude...
Europe In the FTSE the mining sector continues to be in focus following on from the recent merger proposal by BHP Billiton for rival Rio Tinto....
Last week provided some interesting developments in the markets understanding of the Bank of Englandâs current thinking. Firstly, there were the...
Last week saw the ECB continue their hawkish rhetoric, with comments from Trichet epitomising the central banks current stance. With libor rates...
The U.S. markets will roar back into full gear this week, as participants return from the Thanksgiving holiday with anxiety at relatively high...
ASIA Japan's markets closed today to mark labour and thanksgiving day holiday. U.S. Goldman Sachs - The investment bank is aiming at...
BoE deputy governor Rachel Lomax spoke last night in Hull giving insight into both the upside and downside risks to the UK economy. Lomax said the...
ASIA Japan's markets closed today to mark labour and thanksgiving day holiday. The Chinese economy will grow by around 11.5% in 2007 and CPI...
Energy futures are trading higher today in thin trading as the U.S. markets closed today for the Thanksgiving Day holiday. Yesterday energy...
**NYSE closed - Thanks giving holiday** ASIA The Nikkei reversed course to end higher at the close (+0.34%), erasing losses that took it to a...
The UK press focused on yesterday's 7-2 vote in the November BoE minutes. The Telegraph looks at Gieve's choice to vote for a cut writing that 'by...
ASIA The benchmark 10-year JGB yield sank to a 26-month low early in the session, however a pull back in the Nikkei into positive territory...
Energy futures are trading lower today on a rebounding dollar (although the dollar is off more than 1% against the yen), weak U.S. equities after...
ASIA The Nikkei ended at a 16-month closing low down 2.46% at 14,837.66, with a stronger yen weighing. At 0730 USD/JPY was trading Y109.06 down...
BoE minutes are due today at 0930 GMT, with consensus that the MPC voted 7-2 to leave rates on hold at the November meeting (5.75%) BoE's Gieve...
ASIA JGB's rose to fresh 22-month highs as Tokyo share prices extended losses (Nikkei -2.46%), prompting investors to seek the safety of...
Energy futures are trading mostly higher this morning on further weakness in the US dollar, comments by Energy Secretary Bodman that OECD crude...
ASIA The Nikkei rose for the first time in four sessions, pulling out of a slide to 16-month lows earlier in the day, buoyed by short covering...
ASIA JGB's trimmed earlier gains as Tokyo shares recovered from an earlier drop, helped by a USD 1.8bln bid by a US buyout firm for nearly...
Energy futures are trading mostly higher this morning after OPEC members agreed to create a committee to study how a currency basket for pricing...
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