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Editor’s Morning Forex Review: Stimulating Stimulus

03/07/2012 12:18

  • Going Dutch
  • Fight To The Finnish
  • Pips Squeaking

Just as the markets took stock yesterday of the EU Summit, Finland and the Netherlands moved to block bond-buying plans, casting the first doubts on the ‘deal’. Forex traders saw this new »

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Unemployment Climbs As Euro Zone Rifts Deepen

03/07/2012 11:30

  • Euro Zone Unemployment Rates Hits Record High
  • 282,000 Extra Young People Out Of Work y-o-y
  • Gloomy Forecasts From Top Forex Brokers

As the globe reels from the news that the US’ manufacturing sector declined for the first time in three years, new unemployment figures from across the euro zone have emerged to show the tangibl »

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Terry Talks Tough

02/07/2012 16:01

  • Libor Now On Everyone’s Lips
  • Bring Back Glass-Steagall
  • Traders Are The Ruin Of Retail Banking

Terry Smith, the straight-talking Chief Executive of one of the world’s largest inter-dealer money brokers, Tullett Prebon – and as such, a man whom forex traders everywhere will acknowled »

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Investors Await US ISM Data: Slump Expected

02/07/2012 15:39

  • Decline Expected For June
  • Downbeat Rumblings
  • Global Economic Cool-down

After a string of disappointing PMI data from nations across the globe, all eyes are now on the US manufacturing ISM. Due for release at 15:00 BST, this indicator provides speculators with a good pict »

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Editor Morning Forex review: On Your Merks... Get Set...

02/07/2012 12:00

  • Summit To Get Our Trades In To
  • Greenback Bull-run
  • LTRO... Or No LTRO

The outcome of the EU Summit caught all but the clued-up forex traders among us slightly in the blocks on Friday afternoon. Angela ‘Iron Lady’ Merkel’s climb-down - when combined wit »

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Over To China

29/06/2012 14:28

  • Yuan Goes Global
  • Reserve Keeper
  • Hong Kong Phooey?

Having spent the morning pouring over Japanese economic indicators, attention has now shifted ever so slightly west for an announcement about the next stage of China’s plan to internationalise t »

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Japanese Data Disappoints Amid Euro Zone Uncertainty

29/06/2012 13:06

  • Japanese Industrial Output Disappoints
  • Consumer Prices Fall
  • Euro Zone Fall Is Root Cause, Say Experts

Japanese industrial output tumbled by 3.1 percent in May, a report out Friday revealed. Consumer prices also declined in the worst month for Japanese output since the March 2011 earthquake. An officia »

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Asian Stocks Soar On EU Summit Progress

29/06/2012 11:23

  • Asian Stocks Advance On Summit Announcement
  • JPY Hits 9-Day High Vs. USD
  • Investors Eye Japan Data For QE Clues

The yen soared Friday morning, as day one of the EU summit brought news that the monetary union would be injecting €120bn injection of liquidity into the beleaguered banking system and making sig »

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Editor’s Morning Forex Review: From Dirge to Surge in 12 Hours

29/06/2012 10:15

  • Germany 1, Italy 2!
  • Oh what a beautiful ‘risk-on’ morning!
  • A dawn chorus of pips squeaking

After another day yesterday when forex traders watched the EU Summit paralysis extend towards the month/quarter/half year end, today has dawned with a complete turnaround. In response to an apparent l »

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New Balls, Please

28/06/2012 18:04

  • UK Q1 Growth Revised Down
  • QE Already Priced In?
  • EU Summit Sentiment Takes Further Bashing

British tennis fans will be hoping for a more forceful display of strength from British hope Andy Murray this afternoon, than from sterling’s lacklustre performance on live forex charts. Despite »

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Editor Morning Forex review: EU Summit

28/06/2012 11:00

Hailed as the most important gathering of European leaders in the history of the single currency, the ‘Mother-of-all-Summits’ gets underway today. Amid decidedly apoplectic concerns that f »

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Fifty Shades of Nay

27/06/2012 17:57

  • Summit – positively nothing
  • Euro falls for a third day v greenback
  • $1.20 eyed

 

As euro zone exporters prepare for the summer break, the Fifty Shades of Grey which they – along with forex traders and seemingly just about everyone else – uploaded to their e-readers mig »

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Peso Gains On Growth; Real Suffers Ahead Of Summit

27/06/2012 12:04

  • The Mexican peso made gains 
  • Poll results provide further boost
  • Brazil struggles to keep it real

The Mexican peso made gains Tuesday and continued its ascent up live forex charts Wednesday, as April economic data boosted sentiment around the Latin American currency. The report showed solid 4.7 pe »

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When Francois met Angela!

27/06/2012 10:51

  • Traders Sitting Tight
  • Summit of Nothing
  • Nein Nein Nein!

ForexSpace.com - We hear the Hollywood screenwriter and director Nora Ephron, who penned When Harry Met Sally, has died at the age of 71. This evening, it’ll be a case of when Francois met Angel »

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Editor’s Morning Forex Review: Shard-en freude

27/06/2012 10:40

  • Euro crisis summit
  • Summit of Nothing
  • Look forward to Brussels tomorrow

ForexSpace.com - I notice a snippet in the pseud’s corner section of the latest issue of satirical magazine Private Eye which might provide forex traders with food for thought. The piece in ques »

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US Home Prices Bounce; Consumer Confidence Trails

26/06/2012 18:21

  • Home Prices Up 1.3 percent on March
  • “One Month Does Not Make A Trend”
  • USD Up On Euro Uncertainty

After months of lying lifeless under the weight of a struggling economy, US home prices twitched back into life in April. Figures from the S&P/Case-Shiller home price index – which tracks change »

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Big 4 Euro FinMins To Meet Ahead Of Summit

26/06/2012 12:51

  • Spanish And Italian Rates Soar At Auction; Concerns Strengthen
  • Short-Term Rates Soar In Spain
  • Italy Still Faces Toughest Challenges

ForexSpace.com - Spain managed to sell off €3.08bn of its short-term debt Tuesday, with bonds extending their decline and borrowing costs leaping to their highest since last November. Falling de »

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Top Forex Brokers Keep Nervous Eye On Spanish/Italian Auctions

26/06/2012 10:45

  • Markets Eye Spain
  • Contagion Attacks Italy
  • Investors Downbeat For Euro Meeting

Markets this morning are poised for the results of Spanish bond and bill auctions which, it is exepcted, will see the beleaguered nation paying its highest short-term borrowing rates in over six month »

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Editor Morning Forex review: A Summit and the C-Word!

26/06/2012 10:30

  • Cyprus... Cap In Hand.
  • It’s Germany... Again.
  • Can Germany Afford It?

ForexSpace.com - Surprising no one, as ForexSpace.com predicted earlier this month, Cyprus yesterday put in an official ask for a 1.8 billion euro loan, needed by the end of this week, ostensibly in o »

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Obama Healthcare Reform

25/06/2012 16:21

  •  U.S. Opener
  • Dollar Firms And Extends Gains
  • New Home Sales 

ForexSpace.com - Forex traders have seen the euro fall to its lowest in almost two weeks against the greenback this morning, and looked set to extend losses as investors doubted a European summit late »

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Chinese falsifying economic data

25/06/2012 13:33

  • China Crisis?
  • China shares see biggest one-day loss in three weeks
  • China’s power demand slowing

ForexSpace.com - Forex traders have seen China’s money-market rate drop from a four-month high on speculation cash supply will rise once banks complete month-end reserve requirements. Lenders ha »

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Majority of Europeans want Grexit

25/06/2012 12:10

  • Spain Say Show Us The Money
  • Spain requests bail-out
  • Soros lambasts Merkel

ForexSpace.com - As we reported earlier this morning – and in line with the expectations of forex traders in touch with this site – Spanish FinMin Luis de Guindos has formally requested a »

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Editor Morning Forex review: ‘Ere we go... again

25/06/2012 10:26

  • Spain’s inevitable request for their bailout
  • Beware Greeks... bearing rifts!
  • Stability and Growth Pact 


ForexSpace.com - As forex traders, brokers and the rest of us market watchers wait for Spain’s inevitable request for their bailout, this - being the time of year in media circles known traditio »

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Banks Speak Out Over Moody’s Downgrades

22/06/2012 13:28

  • Banks speak out over downgrade risk
  • Spanish audit does little to move markets

 

 

A number of the world’s biggest banks – including Barclay’s, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland – felt the hand of Moody’s upon their shoulders last night, with credit ratin »

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Spanish Borrowing Costs Soar Ahead Of Audit Results

21/06/2012 14:33

  • Top forex brokers raise the alarm
  • Borrowing costs soar on investor fear
  • Spanish anger

As markets enter the final countdown ahead of the results of a Spanish bank audit due out at 15:30GMT, the euro is seen making gains against the dollar on currency charts. After sticking at the 1.2670 »

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UK Retail Sales Data Fails To Quash Investor Fear

21/06/2012 12:57

  • Analysts remain “extremely pessimistic”
  • Easing on the way?
  • Sterling still vulnerable

Despite UK retail sales data having beaten analyst predictions for the month of May, investors are showing lukewarm enthusiasm for sterling as fears over the general health of the UK economy continue »

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Stocks Dive on Fed Decision And Weak Chinese Data

21/06/2012 11:41

  • Fed Twists again
  • Paltry Chinese PMI data
  • No ‘risk-on mode’ just yet

Stocks and commodities across the board tumbled Thursday as the previous day’s news from across the pond filtered through to markets. The Federal Reserve cut growth estimates and engaged in a fu »

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QE3 Or Not QE3

20/06/2012 18:10

  • Euro zone crisis looms 
  • "Likely to do a little twist"
  • Euro future

Stocks have reached a trading plateau this afternoon, with traders sitting on their hands until a Fed statement due for release this afternoon (17:30 BST) clears up the US central bank’s positio »

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Greece Gets a Government...For Now

20/06/2012 16:27

The dollar sank as news of the newly formed Greek coalition trickled through to markets Wednesday. The combination of New Democracy and former socialist rivals Pasok has ended seven weeks of uncertain »

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“Don’t Rely On A Dovish Bernanke”, Warn Top Forex Brokers

20/06/2012 13:09

  • US data not as weak as it looks 
  • BoE's dovish outlook holds sway
  • Us News 

Undoubtedly the event at the top of the agenda for forex brokers and retail traders alike today will come from across the pond, where the Federal Reserve is due to release its interest rate statement. »

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Dovish BoE Minutes Sends Sterling Sinking Down Live Forex Charts

20/06/2012 11:29

Sterling sank to session low Wednesday morning, after important minutes from the Bank of England (BoE) revealed a dovish sentiment towards further easing amongst committee members. Unemployment data f »

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Gold Shines Amid Investor Uncertainty

19/06/2012 16:46

Gold prices climbed for their eighth consecutive session Tuesday, as the Fed’s two-day meeting kicked off and investors weighed up the possibility of further injections of stimulation into the U »

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Housing Starts Down 4.8% In May

19/06/2012 15:23

Housing starts in the U.S. fell by 4.8 percent in May, dropping to 708,000 from a revised 744, 000 in the prior month. The slowdown has been attributed to a reduction in the number of new apartment bu »

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Fed’s Twist Again?

19/06/2012 13:04

Dollar down on live forex charts
Approach to easing?
The impact on the markets

Recent data indicating the second consecutive fall in retail sales provided the final straw for nervous traders who sent the dollar down..... The dollar skidded lower against the euro and yen Tuesday »

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Top forex brokers warn over Greek optimism

19/06/2012 11:50

The Greek vote-induced euphoria amongst market traders and top forex brokers alike lasted precious few hours yesterday, with markets crashing back down to the ground with bump. The FTSE- 100 lost more »

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India: The First BRIC To Fall?

18/06/2012 16:14

Despite worldwide relief over Greece’s decision to adhere to austerity measures and grant the euro a stay of execution, Indian stocks were the only Asian variety not to climb Monday morning. The »

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BoJ Upgrade Down To “Firm Domestic Demand”

18/06/2012 14:58

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) improved its overall outlook on the Japanese economy Monday. Progress made throughout June had begun to yield signs of recovery after the destruction caused by the earthquake a »

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Greek Election: Euro and Asian Stocks Up; Relief Rally Over For Spain?

18/06/2012 10:45

ForexSpace.com - As the Greek election results rolled in and relieved euro zone officials slumped down in their armchairs – brandy in hand – the euro began its ascent to the highest positi »

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It’s ALL Greek To Us!

15/06/2012 16:37

ForexSpace.com - As the currency markets collectively hold their breath, forex traders and brokers are seeing the survival of the European single currency hanging in the balance. As Glenn Uniacke, sen »

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Smell The Panic

15/06/2012 13:09

ForexSpace.com - Markets have been thrown a bone in the form of G20 officials saying the world's central banks are ready to take steps to stabilize financial markets after this weekend's Greek electio »

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Editor’s Morning Forex Review: Get Me From The Greek

15/06/2012 10:37

ForexSpace.com - Sterling fell against the euro yesterday as safe-haven flows exiting from the euro zone into UK assets eased. Market jitters have continued to intensify ahead of this weekend’s »

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Oil continues to ebb as OPEC meeting rumbles on

14/06/2012 16:59

ForexSpace.com - Oil prices dived to an eight-month low Thursday, after weak consumer spending data from the U.S. reignited concern over the health of the world’s largest economy. Benchmark crud »

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Europe in a Spin

14/06/2012 13:54

ForexSpace.com - Exciting news, forex traders will be rejoicing in the streets tonight when they digest the ramifications for Europe of Panasonic’s announcement to build a new factory somewhere »

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Editor Morning Forex review: Europe’s Woes Still in the Weigh

14/06/2012 10:24

ForexSpace.com - Forex traders saw yesterday’s U.S. session come to a close with the greenback broadly weaker, courtesy of continuing volatility in the run-up to this weekend’s election in »

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Retail Therapy… Please!

13/06/2012 17:17

ForexSpace.com - Forex Traders saw U.S. markets fall in early trading after retail sales data out this morning showed the economic recovery to be faltering. The Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq have al »

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Let Them Eat Spam

13/06/2012 16:26

ForexSpace.com -In case forex traders needed a brief diversion from studying their live forex charts, Mariano Rajoy – the ‘people’s poker player’ – has been reminding us »

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Grains of Comfort for the Greenback

13/06/2012 13:40

Wheat prices regained momentum Wednesday during European morning trade, with concerns over declining output in Australia - the world’s second biggest wheat exporter - fuelling investor interest »

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It’s The Politics, Stupid

13/06/2012 13:05

ForexSpace.com - Apart from Bill Clinton’s many notorious ejaculations, he won two elections spouting “it’s the economy, stupid”. Had he been blessed with the benefit of foresi »

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Top forex brokers warn over the fate of the CHF

13/06/2012 12:04

The Swiss franc remained little changed against the dollar and the euro Wednesday, with investors continuing to sit on their hands ahead of an Italian bond sale due Thursday and a potentially game-cha »

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Editor’s Morning Forex Review: Reading The Runes

13/06/2012 10:14

ForexSpace.com - After a rocky 48-hours, EURUSD ended the day yesterday slightly higher on live forex charts, with market sentiment helped by indications that policymakers from the G20 are to take ste »

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When fear strikes the markets…Gold and the Vix

12/06/2012 18:11

Many forex traders approaching the end of their tethers with market uncertainty over the future of the euro zone, nibbling their nails and bashing at the buy/sell button at momentary intervals, will d »

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To Cyprussia with Love!

12/06/2012 16:07

ForexSpace.com - As we speculated on our site yesterday, Cyprus has reportedly just asked Russia for a €5bn loan. The as yet un-confirmed story in a leading Cypriot newspaper today, suggests Cypr »

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Ready, Steady, Euro…

12/06/2012 14:08

ForexSpace.com - Forex traders studying their live charts this morning in the hope of seeing the euro strengthen, instead witnessed the agonizing spectacle of the common currency continuing its s »

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iFXEXPO - Cyprus

12/06/2012 12:52

ForexSpace.com -  “What was I doing here? What was the meaning of this trip?” And to further misquote Hunter S. Thompson’s Gonzo masterpiece, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, was »

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“JPY too high” says IMF; forex brokers eye Friday meeting

12/06/2012 12:24

The Japanese yen is overvalued according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), speaking in a report which also called on Tokyo to consider adding further stimulus measures. Speaking at the end of »

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Forex charts betray investor concern over ‘Spailout’; Asian stocks slide

12/06/2012 11:24

The euphoria-infused dust raised over the announcement of a European plan to rescue Spain’s struggling banks has now settled heavily on the markets, sending Asian stocks skidding down chart »

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Editor’s Morning Forex Review: there’s still no Eurogeddon outta here!

12/06/2012 10:20

ForexSpace.com - Yesterday’s dramatic early jubilation over a Spanish bailout deal for the country’s debt-soaked banks - what’s left of them - soon petered out in the face of bond ma »

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Cold Water While Rome Still Looks Like Burning

11/06/2012 14:45

ForexSpace.com - As this morning’s initial euphoria of €100b euros being hosed down Spain’s already bloated throat has subsided, forex traders – along with just about everyone e »

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EuroDollar – Commodities and a Grain of Comfort

11/06/2012 13:45

ForexSpace.com - A number of commodities surged Monday morning, on the news that Spanish banks are set to receive a EUR100bn bailout. Oil and copper have headlined the commodity ascent, with oil risin »

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Gold futures up on Spanish bailout; questions remain

11/06/2012 12:22

Gold futures leaped during early morning trade Monday, as news that Spain would receive a bailout of up to EUR100bn in order to save its failing banking sector reached investors’ ears. The bailo »

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Editor’s Morning Forex Review: Risk Bounce, or More Tin Can Kicking?

11/06/2012 11:06

ForexSpace.com - No prizes this morning for guessing the top news for market watchers, forex brokers and traders to get their teeth in to. European markets have followed Asia, rising in response to th »

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Twitter abuzz with discontent

08/06/2012 17:07

As the pressure continues to build on Europe’s top political and economic minds to resolve Spain’s banking crisis and lift the nation out of the euro zone’s relegation zone, the »

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Spanish bonds surge while Fitch rating drops – Germany next?

08/06/2012 11:54

Spanish bond yields surged 17 basis points Friday morning, causing them to hit 6.2 percent and remain above the 6 percent danger level. The jump caused 10-year-yields to drop by the most in more than »

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Editor’s Morning Forex Review: The Pact... NOT!

08/06/2012 10:51

ForexSpace.com - The storyline of a newly released movie has a woman struggling to come to grips with her past as an unsettling presence emerges. Sound familiar? Although I can’t quite recall w »

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S & P’s anticipates need for Spanish aid

07/06/2012 18:11

ForexSapce.com - While trader eyes remain fixed on any Ben Bernanke’s speech at Capitol Hill, the fallout from the on-going struggle in Europe continues to make dents on the global economic pict »

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Bernanke Holds the Fort

07/06/2012 17:39

ForexSpace.com - Fed Chairman Bernanke pointed to headwinds hampering the economy, yet didn't hint at additional money printing. And with quarterly 2013-2014 contracts recently up 2 to 3 BP, the centr »

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Bernanke Tells It How It Is

07/06/2012 16:32

ForexSpace.com - As market watchers witnessed the 1-month EUR/USD volume at 13-day low in the lead up to Bernanke’s testimony to lawmakers on the Hill, investors pushed upwards in early trading »

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Merkel Talks – The Markets Get Confused!

07/06/2012 16:01

ForexSpace.com - With Europe's markets heading upwards - the FTSE 100, the DAX and the CAC all having climbed - forex traders have also been seeing the markets bounce on the Bank of England having tak »

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Who Saw That One Coming?

07/06/2012 15:21

ForexSpace.com - China surprised the markets Thursday by cutting its benchmark rate by 0.25 percent, with the nation battling on to reverse an economic slowdown and stay afloat amid the debt crisis cu »

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No News is Good News?

07/06/2012 13:54

ForexSpace.com - The People’s Bank of China beat the Bank of England to the punch today, surprising forex brokers and traders alike at the top of the morning in cutting both its lending & deposi »

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QE – still no sign of easing off

07/06/2012 13:10

ForexSpace.com - Yesterday was the ECB, today it’s the Bank of England taking centre stage, closely followed by Federal Reserve. Forex traders and brokers alike with be all ears for the BOE poli »

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AUD rallies on forex charts; traders eye Fed meeting

07/06/2012 12:09

- Australian employment up 39k - Strongest Aussie rally since November - Fed meeting eyed Australian employment soared by almost 39, 000 jobs in May, taking forex brokers at top trading institution »

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Editor’s Morning Forex Review: it shines, but does it still excite?

07/06/2012 11:06

-       Risk Rally -       Gold Bear Market -       Currencies Rebound ForexSpace.com - Forex traders and b »

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ECB resists pressure to intervene; euro clings on

06/06/2012 18:24

- Interest rates held at 1 percent - ECB 'ready to act' - Euro holds steady The European Central Bank (ECB) delivered no big surprises to investors this afternoon, after it announced its decision t »

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EDITOR’S MORNING FOREX REVIEW: The Perils of a Sloppy Economy

06/06/2012 13:44

-           Top investor says global economy too serious to be left to politicians -           Drag »

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Banking on a Bailout

06/06/2012 12:21

- Traders eye ECB new proposal for fiscal union - No interest rate expected from this afternoon's meeting - Critics question timing of large scale structural reform     Many British trade »

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Live forex charts sees USD/JPY hits session low on shocking jobs data

01/06/2012 16:35

- Employment "pulling the emergency brake" - Downbeat UK PMI The hotly anticipated non-farm payrolls jobs has sent investors reeling after the number of jobs added in May came in way below expectati »

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All eyes on the iFXexpo: Day 2

01/06/2012 13:00

- ForexSpace.com editor reports back from day two of the IFXExpo - Saxo Bank chief economist on why things can't get worse - Forex Magnates say it how it is  The second day of seminars wa »

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All eyes on the iFXexpo: Day 1

01/06/2012 12:14

- ForexSpace.com editor Drew Hillier reports from Cyprus and the recent iFXEXPO. - Jeffrey Cole unwravels the secrets of social media A packed conference and equally packed agenda has kept the »

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Investors abandon Spain and neighbours as fear of contagion spreads

30/05/2012 16:11

European indexes were hit by dramatic losses Wednesday, extending the previous day’s declines off the back of spiralling investor fear over the fate of the Spanish economy. The borrowing rate on »

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Beijing clears the way for an international yuan

30/05/2012 12:55

A new initiative from the loins of China’s central bank is to come into play at the end of this week and is set to make trading between Asia’s two largest economies much easier. The nation »

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Brussels report cards top agenda for forex brokers

30/05/2012 11:47

Debt-laden euro zone nations and investors alike are poised for the delivery of annual economic and public finance report cards from Brussels that are sure to demand some serious policy changes. Many »

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Rajoy backtracks on Bankia bailout plan

29/05/2012 17:08

The euro has fallen against most of its major counterparts as tension in Spain over how to recapitalise Bankia begins to take a serious toll on investor nerves. News emerged yesterday of a Spanish pla »

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More changes at the top for forex broker Traiana

29/05/2012 16:47

The leading producer of post-trade solutions and sister to the world’s leading forex broker – ICAP – has announced the appointment of a Michael Verkuijl to the position of Executive »

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ECB to save Bankia’s bacon – what future for other ailing banks?

29/05/2012 12:58

ForexSpace.com - Markets may well have been breathing a welcome sigh of relief over their cornflakes this morning, as the European Central Bank announced plans to place a rather conspicuous plaster ov »

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GBP/USD climbs; live forex charts see session highs

29/05/2012 12:07

The GBP is currently trading in the upper end of today’s range against the USD. The surge comes ahead of the CBI Distributive Trades Survey for May which is likely to see a drop of 0.7 percent a »

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High Swiss consumption feeds worry over franc

29/05/2012 10:23

A Swiss consumption indicator has hit its highest level since June 2011, with new car registrations and better consumer sentiment thought to have made the biggest impact. Following a prolonged campaig »

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Non-Event Monday

28/05/2012 18:23

ForexSpace.com - Forex traders have seen today’s FX markets as sleepy as the Memorial Day holiday in the US and a chunk of Europe off for the Whitsun celebrations. The euro fell a touch against »

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Smashing through the BRIC wall – new breakout nations on the rise

28/05/2012 16:55

Reports this morning are suggesting that traders and forex brokers on top of international market news, should begin to see the emergence of a new group of so-called ‘breakout nations’. Sm »

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Reining in Spain’s Pain

28/05/2012 16:13

ForexSpace.com - Following on from our report at the top of the morning, Spain – currently the sole main European market in the red – now sees its 10-year bond yield at 6.4 percent. Nichol »

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New app helps you track your tax

28/05/2012 15:23

Have you ever wondered where your hard-earned cash goes after the taxman has ravaged your monthly paycheck and left it gasping for life? Well wonder no more, hard-working citizen. A new app launched t »

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Ireland takes a punt on the referendum

28/05/2012 14:27

ForexSpace.com - Just ahead of Ireland holding its referendum on the Fiscal Treaty, forex traders will be interested to hear that the country’s month-on-month retail sales fell 1.5 percent in Ap »

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Preview: iFXEPO 2012

28/05/2012 12:38

The Google@ iFXEXPO with ConversionPros Forex B2B ForexSpace.com has packed its bags and is heading out to Cyprus. Taking place on the 30th and 31st of May 2012 at Limassol’s fabulous Grand Res »

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EDITOR’S MORNING FOREX REVIEW: RISE AND SHINE!

28/05/2012 12:10

ForexSpace.com - Forex traders and brokers at the top of the week have seen European markets kick off on a somewhat firmer footing. With the FTSE having lost 6 percent up to now, and the Dax off nearl »

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Study shows carry trades work – but go long

28/05/2012 11:49

Selling low-yielding currencies and buying up higher-yielding ones pays dividends in the long-run, according to a new academic study published Friday. The basic investment strategy – known as th »

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Traders speculate on EUR ahead of weekend close

25/05/2012 17:36

Bonds and banks may be stealing headlines today, but the underlying issue about the future of the shared currency continues to top the bill when it comes to forex broker and trader debate. Uncertain »

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Putting the Catalan among the Pigeons

25/05/2012 16:22

ForexSpace.com - Spanish bonds have dive-bombed on rumours that the Spanish region of Catalonia needs financing help from the central government. Forex traders will also note how the Catalan chatter h »

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Nil Point…PLEASE, we’re British!

25/05/2012 13:43

As half the world’s supply of sequin-festooned Lycra makes its way to Azerbaijan, Eurovision fever is once again gripping the euro region and beyond. But having tuned in to watch the first of tw »

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Editor’s Morning Forex Review: what a week that was!

25/05/2012 12:54

ForexSpace.com - Yesterday’s bombshell – certainly for the UK coalition government – that Britain’s economy contracted more than initially forecast failed to stymy sterling. Or »

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Non-German bonds up but ‘on shaky ground’ say top forex brokers

25/05/2012 12:50

Bond yields across several countries in euroland tumbled Friday off the back of return-hungry investor interest in non-German bond markets.  Falling to their lowest point since September 2010, th »

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He Who Wears The Crown…

24/05/2012 18:10

ForexSpace.com - The Nationalbank, Denmark’s central bank, cut interest rates on Thursday in a move seen by forex traders as curbing the crown in an effort to make less attractive. The cut took »

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Brazil gets Real

24/05/2012 17:10

ForexSpace.com - Yields on Brazilian interest-rate futures rose after a report showed unemployment fell unexpectedly in April. The mild decline to 6 percent from 6.2 percent - the first time in three »

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Rupee bounces off the bottom

24/05/2012 17:05

ForexSpace.com - Forex traders’ eyes widened today as the Indian rupee posted its first gain against the greenback in four sessions, closing out at 55.65/66 per dollar. Recovering from an all-ti »

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China and the Grexit threat

24/05/2012 16:32

Proceeding with today’s miniseries about the Chinese property bubble, we next examine the Grexit-shaped pin which threatens to trigger dramatic stimulus measures from Beijing. The impact of a pr »

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Dredging up the Double Dip

24/05/2012 16:25

ForexSpace.com - According to the Office of National Statistics, Britain remains in recession. Only more so; revised data from the ONS indicated that the country’s gross domestic product fell 0. »

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China: Handle With Care

24/05/2012 13:29

The pin currently thrusting its way inside the Chinese real estate bubble has been lent extra impetus in the shape of more weak new economic data from the PRC. The HSBC Flash Purchasing Managers Index »

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Editor’s Morning Forex Review: Euro Summit Dinner Proves Hard To Swallow

24/05/2012 12:41

ForexSpace.com - As the morning news brings no respite whatsoever in the impending eurogeddon, forex traders holding off from topping themselves see nothing new having emerged from the EU leader&rsquo »

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Geuro-sceptic

23/05/2012 17:58

ForexSpace.com - Forex traders, top brokers and assorted investors are preparing for a Greek exit from the eurozone over the next few weeks with, as Alpari UK’s Craig Erlam points out, Germany r »

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Japan’s Fitch Rating in trouble – tax hike or not

23/05/2012 17:46

ForexSpace.com - Fitch Rating has criticised a plan from Japan’s Prime Minister to double the nation’s sales tax -  stating that it would still not be enough to stabilise the country& »

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Starter for Zero

23/05/2012 17:01

ForexSpace.com - The mood is very negative this afternoon. Forex traders and broker studying their live currency rates probably haven't seen the bottom yet, but it appears that we are into the last st »

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Editor’s Morning Forex Review: Just Another Wobbly Wednesday

23/05/2012 15:15

ForexSpace.com - Forex traders saw the FTSE 100 open1.3 percent down at 5.335.6 points this morning, the CAC is off 1.4 percent in Paris and Germany’s DAX is also down 1.4 percent. The euro, hav »

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IMF recommends UK interest rate cut

22/05/2012 18:06

Christine Lagarde surprised the markets Tuesday by making a plea to the Bank of England to slash interest rates in the UK. The head of the globe’s economic watchdog, the International Monetary F »

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In the Ratings

22/05/2012 17:39

ForexSpace.com - After 48 hours of gains, the European single currency fell against the greenback today on the gathering sceptiscm displayed by investors paring back expectations that tomorror’s »

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“Bonds, eurobonds” for Hollande and the OECD

22/05/2012 12:46

As another quiet day of trading shuffles into view, traders and market analysts are still attempting to digest the lack of news which emerged – or rather, did not emerge – from G8 talks ov »

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Editor’s morning forex review: Tripping the light fantastic

22/05/2012 11:02

ForexSpace.com - Today is light on data once again, so forex traders studying their live currency charts will be on the lookout for signals of the market taking the opportunity to correct itself a tad »

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Live forex charts betray BoJ meeting sentiment

21/05/2012 18:25

ForexSpace.com -  As another rather quiet Monday draws to an uneventful close, trader and brokers the world over are turning their grey matter towards the potential outcome of a two-day meeting o »

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21 seconds…

21/05/2012 18:19

ForexSpace.com - The markets have shown precious little spring in their step today for forex traders to get excited about. As the European markets closed, the FTSE 100 rose 0.9 percent, the CAC rose 0 »

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Grin and bear it

21/05/2012 17:04

ForexSpace.com - U.S. markets have just opened with the Dow +0.2 percent, S&P 500 +0.3 percent, and Nasdaq +0.1 percent. Interestingly, forex fiends – traders and brokers alike – will have »

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EUR steadies; live forex charts betray long-term potential

21/05/2012 16:56

The EUR managed to keep its head above water against the dollar Monday morning, as net short positions in the single currency hit a record high. The euro edged higher off the back of a G8 summit held »

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BlackRock Down

21/05/2012 16:12

ForexSpace.com - Forex traders will be eyeing the news that top tier UK-listed bank, Barclays, is to sell its 19.6 percent holding in U.S. fund manager BlackRock. The shares, $6.1 billion, will be sol »

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Clearing the decks

21/05/2012 13:52

ForexSpace.com - Forex traders and forex brokers at the top of their week will be intrigued to learn how a seldom spoken of aspect of the currency markets - that of corporate treasury operations - are »

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Editor’s morning forex review: Summit of Nothing

21/05/2012 13:07

ForexSpace.com - The weekend’s G8 summit saw world leaders signal their broad support for Greece remaining in the euro, and as there is little on the calendar today to distract forex traders and »

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Gold price charts make gains; forex trader euro nerves remain

21/05/2012 12:23

ForexSpace.com - Gold continued to rise on Monday, representing its third consecutive day of gains according to commodity price charts. The precious metal climbed after a pledge from world leaders to »

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Sterling guns off the bottom

18/05/2012 17:39

ForexSpace.com - The British pound rebounded off a two month low against the US dollar this afternoon, recovering slightly, yet still vulnerable to euro zone turmoil. Earlier in the session, forex tra »

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CAD

18/05/2012 17:03

ForexSpace.com - In the wake of today’s higher than expected reading on Canada's annual inflation rate for April, forex traders and brokers saw CAD rallied to top off a session high against the »

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Rumors of Readying for Readies!

18/05/2012 15:35

ForexSpace.com - Forex traders at the top of the morning, along with brokers and other aficionados of Friday frivolity, have been buzzing with rumors that British-based paper money printing specialist »

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Editor’s morning forex review: Winning Ugly

18/05/2012 12:39

Forex traders and brokers will be topping off an ugly week that started with minging Monday, ending with a truly fuggly Friday! The FTSE 100 has plunged through support levels as the crazy state of th »

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Wall Street Shuffles On Regardless

18/05/2012 10:48

ForexSpace.com -  U.S. jobless claims came as expected, topping out at 370,000, however, forex traders and brokers will be interested to see a dire Philly Fed Manufacturing index, showing a drop »

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Banking on trouble

17/05/2012 16:50

ForexSpace.com - Forex traders and brokers at the top of the morning saw EURUSD touch 1.2667, with 1.2650 waiting for 2nd sort, and equity futures deteriorate further as Moody’s issued a warning »

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Exclusive Offer: CITY A.M. Active Trader

17/05/2012 16:32

www.cityamactivetrader.com ForexSpace.com - For forex fiends, hard-bitten trading veterans or those just embarking on a journey in the world of spread betting and retail derivatives alike - then Lond »

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A touch of the runs!

17/05/2012 15:58

ForexSpace.com - Top of the forex agenda for traders and brokers at the moment is undoubtedly the political turmoil currently being experienced by a government-less Greece. The lack of leadership and »

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Forex Broker Presented With Top Industry Award

17/05/2012 13:24

Online broker FOREX CLUB has won a top industry award for ‘Best Dealing Room’, as voted by 60, 000 retail and professional traders. The gong was presented to the organisation at the World »

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Spain takes the strain

17/05/2012 12:53

ForexSpace.com - European stocks opened a tad lower this morning as investors, forex dealers and brokers continued to mull over the Greek scenario, which weighed on confidence in European equities, qu »

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Editor’s morning forex review: ship of fools

17/05/2012 12:24

ForexSpace.com - Forex traders and brokers studying their charts with one eye on the top news story this morning cannot fail to be continually transfixed by the so-called Grexit. Just this morning, th »

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Do ya feel lucky… well, do ya?

16/05/2012 18:11

ForexSpace.com - Forex traders – especially those in Britain, where Spring has yet to be sprung, let alone a whiff of Summer – will be interested to see how, in the wake of Japan's governm »

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Forex brokers expect “little change” after FOMC minutes

16/05/2012 17:45

ForexSpace.com - As the markets wait for the minutes of the FOMC’S April meeting, the prevailing wind is calm. For most forex traders and brokers, top of the agenda for analysis will be any indi »

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Merv - King of the High C’s

16/05/2012 14:25

ForexSpace.com - The Bank of England has just published its Quarterly Inflation Report for May. The many forex dealers and brokers expecting significant reference to the ‘c’ word weren&rsq »

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Editor’s morning forex review: all hail safe haven Wednesday

16/05/2012 10:56

ForexSpace.com - The world’s stock markets and bond markets remain nervous today on continued uncertainty over Greece. And as the greenback sustains strengthening against sterling, investors loo »

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Gold price charts sag; forex traders choose USD

15/05/2012 17:17

ForexSpace.com - With crisis liquidation risks elevated, those with their eyes on the forex gold price charts should pick their havens carefully. Yesterday saw a retreat from the yellow brick by risk- »

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Exit via the rift shop

15/05/2012 16:46

ForexSpace.com - Forex news reports how EUR/GBP has tumbled to threaten 0.7975 on the fresh election in Greece, with Sunday June 17 hotly tipped as the date for the repeat election. Recent opinion pol »

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Merkel out of favour despite strong German data

15/05/2012 16:40

ForexSpace.com – Having shoved her passport back into her tote bag and jumped aboard the next available flight to an ailing euro zone nation, Angela Merkel landed in Paris to welcome Francois Ho »

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Editor’s morning forex review: beware Greek bearing splits

15/05/2012 13:48

ForexSpace.com - Forex traders and forex brokers at the top of their game – heads buzzing with the daily business of live currency rates and charts – would be forgiven if, having checked b »

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Dollar/Yen

15/05/2012 11:59

ForexSpace.com - Forex analysts at Deutsche Bank are suggesting that, thanks to a number of factors affecting the Japanese economy, their yen is likely to undergo a revision for USDJPY; from 75 to 82 »

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Tradition-ICAP’s new Head of Business Development in Asia

14/05/2012 18:14

ForexSpace.com - Tradition-ICAP, the world's leading voice broker and electronic platform for the trading of interdealer currency options, has appointed Tim Johnson as Head of Business Development in »

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EZ does it

14/05/2012 18:11

ForexSpace.com - Forex news this afternoon noted the continuing woes in the euro zone with industrial production in the 17 countries sharing the single currency haven fallen 0.3 percent in March from »

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Oil drops on faltering global growth

14/05/2012 17:58

The cost of crude oil has plummeted to a five-month low, according to live forex charts. With many experts pointing the finger at the prospect of a Greek exit from the euro zone which is quashing dema »

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Get him to the Geek

14/05/2012 17:03

ForexSpace.com - Forex traders and brokers saw their morning topped off with an extension of the week’s ugly start – at least for the bulls out there – as risky assets sold sharply a »

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Impending Grexit becomes top priority for forex brokers

14/05/2012 14:01

Topping the news agenda for forex brokers and traders today is the latest twist in the Greek tragedy. According to reports, European officials are seriously considering the ramifications of a Greek ex »

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U.S.A Today

10/05/2012 17:19

ForexSpace.com - The number of America’s new jobless applicants inched down a tad last week, calming concerns that the country’s labor market was deteriorating after April's slugging emplo »

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Ladbrokes calls time on “Grexit” gambling

10/05/2012 15:21

ForexSpace.com - As Greece struggles to secure itself a government, and with the latest unemployment data just out showing unemployment reaching a new high of 21.7 percent, speculation about a so-call »

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BoE keeps interest rates at record low

10/05/2012 14:24

The markets are likely to be unsurprised by the revelation that the Bank OF England has voted to maintain interest rates at a record low of 0.5 percent. The Monetary Policy Committee - headed up by M »

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Editor’s morning forex review: It’s strife, Jim…

10/05/2012 13:54

ForexSpace.com - As the constituents of surrealism would have it, a peculiarly quaint ceremony took place in Greece this morning to set the Olympic flame alight ahead of the torch relay, which will be »

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Forex brokers ponder BoE QE decision

10/05/2012 12:36

ForexSpace.com - Today marks the end of the Bank of England’s May meeting, with expectation running rife that interest rates will be held for another month so that, after a tricky month, Guvnor »

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European Politics: A New Crisis Phase?

10/05/2012 11:06

ForexSpace.com - Current political events in Europe – which seem to be deepening by the day – could usher in a new phase of the debt crisis, says Giles Keating, Head of Global Research for »

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Get Real in Brazil

09/05/2012 17:33

ForexSpace.com - Forex news, lead by Dow Jones, saw Brazil's use of Industrial Capacity Use (ICU) having fallen for a second consecutive month in March. Despite a continued recovery of industrial sale »

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Dollars Down Under

09/05/2012 16:44

ForexSpace.com - Forex news continues to buzz with the political uncertainty in Greece, which has prompted a wholesale dump by investors of risky assets in favour of snaffling up safe-havens such as A »

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Poles Apart

09/05/2012 15:02

ForexSpace.com - Having seen it economy growing at 4.3 percent last year, with 2012 growth expected to slow to around 2.5 percent, Poland's central bank unexpectedly hiked its interest rates by 25 bas »

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Tick-Tock – it’s Greece O’Clock!

09/05/2012 13:51

ForexSpace.com - The ongoing and seemingly intractable political chaos in Greece combining with the rising tally for fixing Spain's banks further fueled fears this morning that the euro zone's debt cr »

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Editor’s Morning Forex Review: Water water everywhere…

09/05/2012 11:05

ForexSpace.com - It isn’t only forex traders and top forex brokers based in the UK who’ve been splashing around the wettest ever April mumbling darkly about how, as droughts go, the one cu »

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Taxing times hits Rupee rally

08/05/2012 17:40

ForexSpace.com - The Indian rupee tumbled today (Tuesday 8) on speculation that overseas investors would not be convinced by the government's postponement of its General Anti-Avoidance rules (GAAR) to »

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Sterling Gunning for Gains

08/05/2012 15:17

ForexSpace.com - Forex news sees the euro looking increasingly vulnerable to political uncertainty sweeping across Europe this morning. Notwithstanding the single currency’s continued holding pa »

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Beware the Ides of May!

08/05/2012 14:51

So, now that we’ve had an opportunity to take stock of what happened in continental Europe over the weekend, in order to overlay political rhetoric on the markets, rookie forex traders and top f »

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Editor’s Morning Forex Review: pricing in the pain

08/05/2012 12:41

Forex traders and top forex brokers shuffled back to their post-May Day bank holiday-cum-après Greek and French election desks in London this morning to a European stock market scene as flat as »

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US payrolls data disappoints; market slips

04/05/2012 17:14

ForexSpace.com - Forex news just out reports how, according to the US Labor Department, Nonfarm payrolls saw a modest uptick by just 115,000 jobs in April, the smallest gain in six months, and conside »

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Swiss retail data up; EUR/CHF still trades narrowly

04/05/2012 13:37

ForexSpace.com - The bitter wind of austerity may be blowing across much of the euro zone, but shoppers in Switzerland have been enjoying some retail therapy. Swiss high street sales data in rose more »

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Spanish yields top forex broker predictions; French yields dow

04/05/2012 12:28

The results of a Spanish debt auction Thursday restored a little faith in the value of sovereign debt, with domestic banks clearly still interested in buying up. But many forex traders and top forex b »

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Yellow brick on the road for biggest weekly drop; US jobs data looms

04/05/2012 12:11

ForexSpace - Trader nerves about the impending release of US non-farm payrolls data has set gold on a course for its biggest weekly drop in a month. A cloud of malaise has gathered over the US as nega »

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Forex news: US jobless down

03/05/2012 17:22

ForexSpace.com - Forex news has seen the US credit markets open relatively flat after jobless claims fell last week for the first time in several weeks. The Labor Department reported a weekly fall of »

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Life’s a Draghi

03/05/2012 16:45

ECB President Mario Draghi urged euro zone governments to come up with a strategy to revive growth in the struggling currency bloc while continuing to push for fiscal consolidation, in a press confere »

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UK Growth

03/05/2012 16:03

ForexSpace.com - Forex news reports show how, according to the latest quarterly economic forecast from the Confederation of British Industry, Britain’s economy will see growth resume in the seco »

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Mea Culpa? Not me Guv!

03/05/2012 14:58

Regulating banks and “learning the lessons from this crisis” were top of the agenda for Bank of England Governor, Sir Mervyn King last night, in a speech in which he admitted that he shoul »

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Editor’s Morning Forex Review: Super Mario to the rescue!

03/05/2012 14:41

ForexSpace.com - Forex news sees a set of somewhat conflicting data emanating from this morning’s UK services PMI figures. Forex traders and top forex brokers are already scratching their heads, »

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Forex news: Aussie down on US positivity

02/05/2012 17:44

The Australian dollar has notched up further losses against the USD, continuing a decline initiated by the RBA’s shock decision to slash 50bps of the nation’s key rate Tuesday. The pair sa »

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EURopes and Downs

02/05/2012 15:51

ForexSpace.com - Forex news saw the euro fall off a cliff this morning as an avalanche of weak data struck. French, Italian and Spanish manufacturing PMIs all disappointed, combining to confirm a fast »

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Greece off the Ropes?

02/05/2012 14:42

ForexSpace.com - Forex news this morning reports Standard & Poor’s has lifted the credit rating of Greece to CCC with a stable outlook. This was much in line with expectations, given the lengths »

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Euro zone PMI reveals depth of recession; pressure mounts

02/05/2012 11:53

Emerging PMI data from countries across the euro zone has prompted many analysts to suggest that the recession is likely to plunge deeper than initially feared. The downward trending data is sure to h »

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Editor’s Morning Forex Review: Sell in May...

02/05/2012 11:41

ForexSpace.com - Newbie forex traders and top forex brokers alike will be well aware of that old bit of Wall Street folk wisdom that advises to Sell In May Then Go Away. As adages go, this one is ofte »

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Dollar retraces euro losses on positive ISM data

01/05/2012 18:14

The USD took a surprise upward turn against the EUR and JPY after US manufacturing data topped forex broker predictions Tuesday. While general market consensus had pointed toward a drop from 53.4 to 5 »

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Live forex charts track Aussie tumble after shock rates data

01/05/2012 17:56

ForexSpace.com - The Reserve Bank of Australia’s shock decision to slash interest rates by a deeper-than-expected 50 basis points has left the currency in free fall. At the time of writing, the »

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Forex news: Chinese PMI at 13-month high

01/05/2012 16:38

ForexSpace.com - In stark contrast with this morning’s UK PMI data, official Chinese figures for April came in at 53.3, from 53.1 in March, stronger than broadly expected. Today's China dat »

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What is the Forex Knight Rider?

01/05/2012 15:19

There are hundreds of forex robots on the market and each claims the potential to transform your trading for the better; the Forex Knight Rider is just one of these robots. But since it was brought to »

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US spending and PMI data down; Latin America on the up

01/05/2012 13:04

ForexSpace.com - The Americans may be famous for their extravagant lifestyles (and eating habits), but apparently they drew in the purse strings last month. Data which emerged from the Commerce Depart »

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Editor’s Morning Forex Review: UK Manufacturing Makes Heavy Going

01/05/2012 12:52

The data for British manufacturing is just out. And whilst forex traders and top forex brokers alike will have noted that the figures held above the expansion number of 50.0 - it was only by a whisker »

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Forex charts show loonie drop on disappointing GDP data

30/04/2012 18:28

The Canadian dollar dropped the most in a month against its US counterpart after the nation’s GDP shocked traders and analysts by shrinking 0.2 percent in February. Information from Statistics C »

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Got My Mojo Working: NOT!

30/04/2012 17:10

ForexSpace.com - Forex traders and top forex brokers everywhere saw the greenback recover some ground in European trading Monday as market players revisited the potential for further US monetary easin »

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Copper on the descent; China to step in

30/04/2012 16:33

ForexSpace.com - Copper prices fell Monday morning as investors switched their attention to the stronger dollar and the commodity retraced gains made at a near one-month high. But reports of an impend »

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Forex news: JPY makes gains against struggling dollar

30/04/2012 13:59

The dollar sunk to a two-month low against the yen Monday, still struggling under the pressure of disappointing Q1 US growth. The data, out Friday, revealed much-cooled growth and shunted the issue of »

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Defying Gravity

30/04/2012 13:32

Forex traders and forex brokers alike see the top of the week in European credit markets kissing farewell to a turbulent April. In a continuation of Friday afternoon's rally, as of 0650GMT this mornin »

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Top forex brokers speculate over non-farm US payrolls report data

30/04/2012 11:47

The prospect of more US jobs data is set to top the agenda for traders and forex brokers, with much energy likely to be directed at second-guessing what the non-farm payroll report will say when it is »

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Editor’s Morning Forex Review: POLLS APART

30/04/2012 11:30

ForexSpace.com - Forex traders are well-advised to take note of the ‘perfect political storm’ (as RBC Capital Markets’ chief European economist Gustavo Bagattini describes it) about »

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Kiwi holds gains garnered by earlier interest rate announcement

27/04/2012 17:36

The kiwi was not struck by many surprises this week, with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand deciding to leave the key interest rate unchanged at 2.5 per cent. The decision matched the expectations of so »

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Hungary for a loan? Forint fed by EU talk speculation

27/04/2012 16:20

The Hungarian forint has made further gains after breaking through a support level on Wednesday thanks to the promise of new loans from the European Union (EU) and International monetary Fund (IMF). A »

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Why the euro zone’s lifeboat is full of holes: The Rt. Hon. Alistair Darling MP talks exclusively to ForexSpace.com

27/04/2012 15:02

No more than a couple of weeks’ ago, it seemed pretty much everyone thought the Franco-Germanic accord would give rise to a rescue strategy to get us all out of the merde. But now, with the so-c »

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Forex news: Asian currencies benefit from upbeat US data

27/04/2012 14:27

A basket of Asian currencies have gained on positive data which came out of the States Thursday, boosted by Bernanke’s dovish approach to further easing measures. The upbeat US economic data - i »

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Spanish S&P downgrade spells recession, say top forex brokers

27/04/2012 12:47

The euro suffered a severe blow this morning after Standard & Poor’s downgraded Spain’s credit rating by another two crucial notches to BBB+. Against the USD the 17-nation currency is now »

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Currency Bloc

27/04/2012 12:29

ForexSpace.com - As we head towards the final Friday of the month, while there’s plenty of pre-weekend data waiting on the blocks, none of it looks particularly tantalizing. First out of the eur »

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US jobless data divides analyst opinion

26/04/2012 18:05

For traders of the USD, the last few days have provided plenty of activity, what with the FOMC meetings and Bernanke’s decidedly dovish approach to implementing easing measures if the US economy »

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All eyes on the CBI

26/04/2012 17:16

ForexSpace.com - UK high street sales were a touch down in the year to April, the CBI said today in its latest monthly Distributive Trades Survey. Covering the first two weeks in April, the survey add »

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A Weale case for QE

26/04/2012 16:42

ForexSpace.com - In the week when sluggish UK gross domestic product figures appeared to strengthen the case for further Bank of England quantitative easing, forex news has just heard the BoE’s »

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When uncertainty with a capital P stalks the markets

26/04/2012 15:28

ForexSpace.com - Forex news is no stranger to volatility, hearsay and the occasional volte-face. Indeed, such things are the meat and drink of markets, certainly when it comes to currencies. Uncertain »

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