Taiwan Cuts Interest Rates For Third Time Taiwan's central bank lowered its benchmark interest rate for a third successive policy session, in a bid to support the sluggish economic recovery and boost subdued inflation expectations. Policymakers cut the benchmark discount rate by 12...
Crude Oil Tumbling After Huge Inventories Build Crude oil futures fell Thursday morning as the US dollar continued to strengthen versus major rivals. US crude inventories unexpectedly jumped yet again last week, defying speculation that the nation's supply glut may have eased. The U.S...
Russian Ruble Slides To Weekly Low Against U.S. Dollar The Russian Ruble drifted lower against the U.S. dollar in European trading on Thursday, as oil prices declined on Fed rate hike fears and as official data showed large build in crude oil inventories last week...
U.K. Retailers Expect Sales Volume To Improve: CBI British retailers expect retail sales volume to accelerate next month, the latest Distributive Trades Survey from the Confederation of British Industry showed Thursday...
Pound Off Lows Against Majors The pound trimmed its early losses against the other major currencies in Europe on Thursday. The pound recovered to 0.7899 against the euro and 1.3784 against the franc, from its early 15-month low of 0.7946 and a 2-month low of 1.3720, respectively...
Europe Roundup: Dollar Weighs on Commodities and Shares As fED Tightening Risk Rises, Sterling Index on Course for Worst Market Roundup Trump's tariff plan could boomerang, spark trade wars with China, Mexico. Japan may resurrect Abenomics with big stimulus package in spring – Barron’s...
US Durable Goods Orders Report Shows Broad Based Slowdown in February The Commerce Department data released today show corporate spending as represented by durable goods orders dipped in February, indicating the manufacturing sector may not have bottomed out as thought after upbeat January figure...
GBP/USD Turns Positive Above 1.4100 The sterling has found strong buying interest around session lows near 1.4050 today, pushing GBP/USD well above the 1.4100 handle. GBP/USD clinches highs near 1.4140/50 The pair has found decent buying interest around 1.4050 today, quickly recovering the 1...
EUR/GBP Slumps to 0.7900, GBP Soars A strong rebound in the sterling is now prompting EUR/GBP to quickly retrace the earlier advance and return to the 0.7900 neighbourhood...
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) purchased 86.1 billion Swiss francs (62.58 billion pounds) in foreign currency last year to enforce a minimum exchange rate, scrapped in January, and influence exchange rate developments, according to its annual report published on Thursday...
CurrencyFair, one of a number of so-called peer-to-peer currency exchanges, has scored a further €8 million in funding. The round was led by Octopus Ventures, with participation from Proxy Ventures...
Two professors at the Department of War Studies at King’s College London have published the results of their deep dive into The Onion Router, or Tor, network, which is designed to make it difficult to track the activity of online users...
Former first minister Alex Salmond has called for a fresh look at the currency options for an independent Scotland. He said he still favoured the use of Sterling, but said the independence case needs "refurbishment...
Oil prices shrank after DoE data confirmed a huge build in crude stocks. Gold slipped on hawkish Fedspeak and copper fell with stocks Continue Reading...
Czech Economic Sentiment Weakens For Second Month Czech economic sentiment declined for the second straight month in March, survey figures from the Czech Statistical Office showed Thursday. The economic confidence index fell to 11.9 in March from 12.3 in the previous month...
Hungary Q4 Current Account Surplus Shrinks Hungary's current account surplus decreased more-than-expected in the three months ended December, figures from the Magyar Nemzeti Bank showed Thursday. The current account surplus shrank to EUR 1.01 billion in the fourth quarter from EUR 1...
French Factory Confidence Unexpectedly Eases In March France's manufacturing confidence unexpectedly weakened for the first time in four months in March, as the assessment on order book levels and businesses' expectations on their production deteriorated, survey results from INSEE showed Thursday...
USD/CAD eases from highs near 1.3280 The greenback has resumed its advance vs. its Canadian peer today, with USD/CAD testing fresh highs in the 1.3280 area, albeit deflating afterwards...
EUR/USD Stays Weak Despite 1% Drop in Stoxx 50 Index The drop in the European equity markets is offering no support to the common currency, leaving the EUR/USD pair weaker around 1.1160 levels...
