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ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

HIGH CHANCE OF INFLATION FALLING BELOW ONE PER CENT IN 2015 The importance of monetary policy The mo...

7th November, 2014

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DAILY CURRENCY UPDATE (29/7) – MARKET IS STAYING CAUTIOUS AHEAD OF THE BUSY END OF THE WEEK

Highlights: Market stays cautious ahead of the busy end of the week IMF projected UK economy to grow...

30th July, 2014

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ECB SLASHES INTEREST RATES TO 0.15% AS STERLING CLIMBS TO A NEW 18-MONTH HIGH AGAINST THE EURO

The eagerly anticipated ECB meeting didn’t fail to deliver as the central bank eased policy by cutti...

11th June, 2014

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U.S. ECONOMY SUFFERED ITS FIRST CONTRACTION IN THREE YEARS

The highlight of the week ending May 31, 2014, was the release of downbeat data on U.S. gross domest...

6th June, 2014

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EUR/USD FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS: US JOBS MARKET

Price action for EUR/USD has been driven partly by monetary policy expectations for the US Federal R...

3rd April, 2014

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TRADING THE US DURABLE GOODS ORDERS RELEASE WITH EUR/USD

(March 26, 2014) The US economy is set to print its durable goods orders data for the month of Febru...

27th March, 2014

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SHOW DARWIN THE MONEY

The global economic meltdown could have been “largely avoided” by applying Charles Darwin’s theory o...

20th March, 2014

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CHINESE BUSINESS CONFIDENCE HIGHEST FOR TWO YEARS

MNI China Business Indicator Rose to 58.4 in December from 53.3 in November Business confidence amon...

3rd January, 2014

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WHY THE ECB IS LIKELY TO BE FORCED TO EASE MONETARY POLICY AGAIN AS INFLATION DECELERATES

By David J. Powell, author of The Trader’s Guide to the Euro Area A deceleration of inflation is lik...

15th November, 2013

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Effects of inflation on interest rates

The way the market has been behaving since the last few years, you should be familiar with the term...

17th April, 2012

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Distribution of responsibilities among the members of the Executive Board of the ECB

The Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) agreed today, within the framework of its col...

27th January, 2012

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Eurosystem and GCC central banks and monetary agencies hold third high-level seminar

Today the Eurosystem – comprising the European Central Bank (ECB) and the 17 national central banks...

26th January, 2012