HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK AHEAD 30 January – 03 February 2012: It is non-farm payrolls week in the US and markets will be eagerly awaiting Friday’s release of the first official employment report of 2012. . .
EURO REMAINS VULNERABLE AS DEBT CRISIS CONTINUES: 2012 looks set to be another volatile year for forex markets as Europe’s sovereign debt crisis, extremely loose monetary policy across the main economies and an uncertain outlook for the global ...
Exchange Rate Update - Nov 2011 Euro remains resilient to eurozone crisis but risks are intensifying…* Core eurozone bonds now under pressure with no end to crisis…* Sterling holds up despite weak UK economic outlook…* BoJ intervenes to ho...
SIGNIFICANT EROSION OF OVERHANG OF NEW STOCK: The latest survey of unfinished housing estates published by the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (DoECLG) indicates that there has been a significant erosion of the overhang...
ECB HOLDS RATES AT 1%: As expected, at its policy meeting today, the ECB kept its key refi rate unchanged at 1%. The ECB had cuts rates by 0.25% at each of its two previous monthly policy meetings, fully reversing the two 0.25% rate hikes imp...