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Turkey's Upgrade: What's Next?
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 - May 17, 2013

Turkey this week caught the market's attention on two occasions. The first came when Moody’s upgraded Turkey’s sovereign bond ratings to investment grade (Baa3) -- in line with Fitch at ...

 
U.S. Economic Profile: Is That A Headwind?
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 - May 17, 2013

Economic updates in recent weeks suggest that the economy is facing new headwinds. Notably, Industrial production and housing starts slumped in April. The latest data points may imply trouble down the...

 
Michigan Consumer Sentiment: Highest Since July '07
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 - May 17, 2013

The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment preliminary number for May came in at 83.7, a major advance over the April final reading of 76.4. This is the highest level since July of 2007, prior to ...

 
Reading The Revenue Tea Leaves
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 - May 17, 2013

If you want to get a sense of what’s happening in the world, your best bet is to ignore government data and focus on corporate revenues.Why Revenues?Because earnings can be massaged any number ...

 
Ahead of The US Open
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 - May 17, 2013

Slightly positive sentiment this morning as strong Japanese machinery orders partly offset yesterday's soft US data.Fed dove Williams says asset purchases could be scaled down as soon as this ...

 
A Look At The EMEA Nations
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 - May 17, 2013

PLN: Weak Economy To Weigh On Zloty We believe the weak Polish economy will trigger further rate cuts near term and this is likely to put some depreciation pressure on the zloty. Thus, we expect some...

 
Reading Sweden's Markets
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 - May 17, 2013

Q1 GDP and Prospera's inflation expectations survey may play a decisive role at the Riksbank's next meeting.Is the Riksbank correct in assuming that the impact from unit labour cost (ULC) has ...

 
Abe's Kick Start Appears To Have Succeeded‏
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 - May 17, 2013

Japan's GDP in Q1 13 expanded 3.5% q/q AR so the country appears to have embarked upon a relatively strong recovery. The major impact from Abenomics has yet to work its way through the economy, so the...

 
Euro Zone Shows Increased Trade Surplus
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 - May 17, 2013

The euro traded steadily at $1.28 on Friday morning after data on Thursday showed that the region's March trade surplus was at its highest level since 1999, when the eurozone was created. The Wall ...

 
Yield Forecast: Back From The Lows‏
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 - May 17, 2013

In early May the ECB cut the refi rate by 25bp to 0.50% and opened the door for negative deposit rates. The central bank is still mulling over an SME lending program but failed to deliver any ...

 
Abenomics’ First Success
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 - May 17, 2013

In Q1 2013, GDP grew by 0.9% q/q, driven by household consumption and exports, which contributed both 0.5 percentage point to growth. This is largely based on regained confidence and improved ...

 
3 Numbers To Watch: US Consumer Sentiment, Bernanke, JPY Bonds
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 - May 17, 2013

The macro week ends with a quiet Friday. After the European GDP numbers and continuing confusion over the possibility and timing of altering the US quantitative easing programmes, eyes are already ...

 
3 Numbers To Watch: EU CPI, US CPI, US Housing Starts
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 - May 17, 2013

Thursday’s another busy day for economic releases, including the inflation updates on both sides of the Atlantic. The news on consumer prices for the Eurozone and the US will be closely watched ...

 
The Federal Reserve To Cut Easing, Causes Jitters In The Market
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 - May 17, 2013

John Williams the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco caused concern among investors after his comments that the Fed may start to cut back on its monetary easing program over the ...

 
Daily Briefing- Asia Mostly UP And European Stocks little Changed
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 - May 17, 2013

CurrenciesEUR/USD- the pair is trading in a downward channel on a 30 minute time frame. The RSI is showing that the bias could be to the downside.USD/JPY- the price has broken its upward channel to ...

 
A Long-Term Look At Inflation
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 - May 17, 2013

The May 2012 Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers (CPI-U) released today puts the April year-over-year inflation rate at 1.06%, dramatically below the 3.92% average since the end of the Second ...

 
Inflation: A Five-Month X-Ray View
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 - May 17, 2013

Here is a table showing the annualized change in Headline and Core CPI, not seasonally adjusted, for each of the past five months. I've also included each of the eight components of Headline CPI and a...

CFDs Quotes
 SPX 500 Futures1663.95+15.95+0.97%  
 NQ 100 Futures3024.60+26.35+0.88%  
 US 3015354.79+121.57+0.80%  
 DAX8398.00+28.13+0.34%  
 FTSE 1006723.06+35.26+0.53%  
 Japan 22515138.12+100.88+0.67%  
 US Dollar Index84.34+0.44+0.52%  
CFDs Quotes
 Gold1357.75-29.15-2.10%  
 Silver22.190-0.469-2.07%  
 Copper3.316+0.021+0.64%  
 Crude Oil95.91+0.74+0.78%  
 Natural Gas4.059+0.127+3.23%  
 US Cotton No.286.34+0.32+0.37%  
 US Coffee C137.00-3.25-2.32%  
 
 EUR/USD1.2834-0.0048-0.37%  
 GBP/USD1.5168-0.0100-0.65%  
 USD/JPY103.19+0.93+0.90%  
 USD/CHF0.9724+0.0077+0.79%  
 AUD/USD0.9736-0.0072-0.73%  
 USD/CAD1.0276+0.0084+0.83%  
 EUR/GBP0.8462+0.0025+0.30%  
CFDs Quotes
 Euro Bund145.16-0.04-0.03%  
 Euro BTP116.57+0.68+0.59%  
 Euro BOBL126.675+0.060+0.05%  
 UK Gilt117.69-0.35-0.30%  
 US 2 YR T-Note110.25-0.02-0.02%  
 US 10 YR T-Note131.84-0.50-0.38%  
 US 30 YR T-Bond143.89-1.29-0.89%  
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  Central Banks Interest Rates Next Meeting  
  FED0.00%-0.25%Jun 19, 2013 
  ECB0.50%Jun 06, 2013 
  BOE0.50%Jun 06, 2013 
  SNB0.00%Jun 20, 2013 
  RBA2.75%Jun 04, 2013 
  BOC1.00%May 29, 2013 
  RBNZ2.50%Jun 12, 2013 
  BOJ0.10%May 22, 2013