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Sabine Schels, Commodity Strategist at BofA-Merrill Lynch, explains that unless oil production guidance for 2015 goes negative or Saudi Arabia changes its policies, WTI and Brent may fall to $32/barrel and $31/barrel respectively by the end of Q1 2015...
The European Central Bank’s (ECB) chief economist Peter Praet said today that the European Central Bank’s (ECB) simply applied rules as it decided to end its exemption from credit requirements for Greek bonds...
On Thursday the dollar dropped against the other major currencies, as market sentiment recovered from news the European Central Bank will no longer accept Greek government bonds from banks seeking funding and investors eyed U.S. data due later in the day...
According to FXStreet Editor and Analyst, Omkar Godbole, supportive UK data and BoE’s relatively hawkish stance is likely to pour strength into GBP/USD for a further rise towards 1.5329 levels. Key Quotes “GBP/USD could test the 50-DMA located at 1...
The Brown Brothers Harriman Team shares that Greek bonds yields have climbed sharply and stocks have fallen by around 5.5% post ECB’s decision to curtail liquidity to Greek banks. Key Quotes “Following the election results, Syriza came out swinging...
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee at its meeting today voted to maintain Bank Rate at 0.5 percent. The Committee also voted to maintain the stock of purchased assets financed by the issuance of central bank reserves at GBP375bn. The minutes of the meeting will be published at 9...
The deal gives Google access to Twitter’s firehose and all the data generated by the social network. Google and Twitter reached an agreement Wednesday to begin incorporating tweets into Google searches for the first time since 2011...
While Greece's new Prime Minister and finance minister travel around the European capitals in attempt to discuss Greece's tough bailout situation, the European Central Bank heaped pressure on Greece’s new government by restricting access to its direct liquidity lines, citing concerns about the co...
The Economic Bulletin released today by the European Central Bank highlighted the effects of the sharp decline in oil prices as well as the continuing low inflation environment in the Eurozone. The bulletin stated that the recent decline in oil prices is supporting the global economic recovery...
2015-02-05 00:30 GMT (or 02:30 MQ MT5 time) | [AUD - Retail Sales] past data is 0.1% forecast data is 0.4% actual data is 0.2% according to the latest press release if actual > forecast (or previous data) = good for currency (for AUD in our case...
The European Commission (EC), in its winter forecasts, upgraded its Eurozone growth forecasts for 2015, while predicting growth for every country in the EU in 2015 for the first time since 2015. The EC raised its 2015 GDP forecast to 1.3% this year from the 1.1% seen in November and to 1...
The Crude prices in the US steadied post 9% losses seen in the previous session as supply concerns resurfaced after the data showed inventories in the US rose to record highs...
Market Brief EUR complex was hit hard by the news that the ECB would take a further hard stance on Greece. ECBs Governing Council lifted the current waiver of a minimum credit rating requirements for debt instruments issued by Greece...
On Thursday European equities traded lower in morning trade, after the European Central Bank (ECB) put more pressure on Greece to come to an agreement with its lenders over the future of its bailout program...
EURUSD sold-off from 1.1500-1.1540 resistance area that we highlighted it yesterday. We can see that price already made slight move beneath he channel line which means that wave 4) probably accomplished a corrective set-back...
The Investec Team comments that ECB’s decision to restrict funding to Greece by banning the use of junk-related Greek government bonds as collateral is actually a measure to protect the central bank from any potential losses out of a greek debt restructuring...
The GBPUSD managed to continue building on its momentum from the unexpected “risk on” sentiment seen late Tuesday evening, with the pair advancing to 1.5250...
According to KBC Bank, ECB’s decision to stop liquidity assistance to Greek banks increases the risk of a bank default and a possible Grexit...
An investigation into retail giant Tesco's supplier practices, including delays in payments, was launched Thursday by Britain's supermarket watchdog...
Gold traders may have noticed the highs getting lower on the charts while at the same time the lows are getting higher. This is leading to a squeeze in the price of gold that will likely result in a breakout and a strong move either way...
