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LiveWire Economics Blog - September 23, 2024 0:38
Impact and Outlook for the U.S. Economy on Rate Cut
This week’s Federal Reserve cut in interest rates by a half-percentage point rippled through the U.S. economy, with economists, business owners, and investors pondering its impact. Not only did the rate slash, which reduced borrowing costs from their highest in two decades, resulted in America’s major share indices declining on the day but sharply recovered. […]
Commodities Taken to Woodshed In Election Bloodbath
Equities have put in one of the worst days they’ve had in months today on the news that Barack Obama survived his recall vote yesterday. Tax rates on dividends and capital gains are likely to rise and the fiscal cliff is approaching rapidly. The truth is that there was little substantive difference between the two […]
Forex Outlook for the Week Ending October 12th, 2012
Significant economic events which could substantially affect the trading of currencies and forex markets for the week ending October 12th, 2012 are as under: On Monday, October 8th, 2012, Germany reported its official figures on trade balance, imports, exports and current account along with data on industrial production. In euro zone, data on Sentix investor […]
Forex Outlook for the Week Ending September 28th
Major economic events to affect the trading of forex markets and currencies trading for the week ending September 28th, 2012 are as follows: On Monday, September 24th, 2012, data on IFO business climate, expectations and current assessment was reported in Germany. United States came up with data on manufacturing activity while US Federal Reserve’s official […]
Weekly Forex Outlook for the Period Ending September 7th, 2012
List of major upcoming economic factors which could affect the forex markets for the week ending September 7th, 2012 are as under: On Monday, September 3rd, markets remained closed in United in observance of Labor Day while in euro zone, Italy, Germany and France reported their data on purchasing managers’ index for manufacturing sector while […]
Gold Futures Drops ahead of Bernanke Speech
Gold futures declined on Wednesday mainly in reaction to stronger greenback while investors were also mixed over the decision of central bankers ahead of Bernanke speech. Gold futures contract for December delivery plunged 0.4 percent or %6.70 to settle at $1,663 per ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. US Federal […]
Forex Outlook for the Week Ending August 31st
Weekly outlook of currencies’ trading and Forex markets for the week ending August 31st, 2012 are as below: On Monday, August 27th, 2012, data on Germany’s import price index, IFO expectations, IFO current assessment and IFO Business Climate was published. France reported net change in jobseekers data. In United States, Dallas’s Federal Reserve reported its […]
Forex Outlook for the Week Ending August 24th
Major economic events which could significantly affect the forex markets for the week ending August 24th, 2012 are as under: On Monday, August 20th, euro zone reported its data on construction output while in United States, Chicago Federal Reserve, reported its Nat Activity index. In United Kingdom, data on house prices was released. On Tuesday, […]
Forex Outlook for the Week Ending July 20th
Economic factor which could significantly affect the forex markets for the week ending July 20th, 2012 are as under: On Monday, July 16th, Italy reported its data on trade balance and general government debt while the euro zone region produced data on consumer price index and trade balance. In United States, data on retail sales, […]
Forex Outlook for Week Ending July 6th
Major economic events which have a significant impact on forex markets for the week ending July 6th, 2012 are as under: On Monday, July 2nd, Italy, France and Germany released their purchasing managers’ index for manufacturing sector while separate PMI was reported for the euro region. Moreover, unemployment rate for the euro zone and Italy […]
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