Spanish bond yields eased ahead of key test.
Key market moving events today -UK MPC 4-5 April meeting minutes showed that policy makers decided against providing further stimulus, while acknowledging that official data may show that the U.K....
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03.07.2012 Market moving themes: -US GDP indicated no change from the second at +1.9%, as the market had expected. The new numbers do little to change the picture of little momentum headed into Q2,...
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09.07.2012 Market moving events last week: -Royal Bank of Australia (RBA) held interest rates steady at 3.5% in line with market expectations. It’s unlikely that RBA will cut rates in August because...
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17.07.2012 Market moving events last week: -Bank of Japan maintained key policy rate at 0.0-0.10% via unanimous vote. BOJ made a technical change to its APP but maintained the size of the programme at...
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30.07.2012 Market moving events last week: -On Tuesday the first cut at Q2 GDP figures for the UK came in at -0.7% vs -0.2% expected and -0.3% previously (q/q) and -0.8% vs -0.2 expected and -0.3%...
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07.08.2012 Market moving events last week -On Wednesday the Federal Reserve signaled more strongly it will take new steps as needed to boost the economy, but held back from immediately starting a new...
View ArticleBig moves ahead? – Not so much.
20.08.2012 Market moving events last week -U.S. retail sales rose for the first time in four months in July.Retail and food service sales increased 0.8% in July to a seasonally adjusted $403.93...
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03.09.2012 Market moving events last week -U.S. Consumer Confidence fell nearly six points to 60.6 in August(lowest since November 2011) , expectations had the index printing at 66.0, essentially...
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08.10.2012 Market moving events last week -Royal Bank of Australia opted for the non-conservative option Thursday by choosing to cut rates 25bp to 3.25% rather than waiting for more data to validate...
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12.11.2012 Market moving events last week -Royal Bank of Australia decided to stay on hold rates steady at 3.5%. The RBA noted that the world economy is looking slightly more positive and that China’s...
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Bank of China cut boosts commodities [checklist] Key market moving events today - US was on holiday due to President’s Day - UK Feb Rightmove house price index jumped 1.4% from year ago, better than...
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