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It's Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's turn to weigh in on whether the economy is strong enough to justify the Fed slowing down its easing any time soon.
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The belief that Greece needs more time in order to salvage its economy started as a somewhat-expected plea from Greece itself. Now, however, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), government ministers and economists are convinced that the country needs more time to implement reforms and austerity cuts.
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More elderly people are working, and the trend could affect the dollar's direction.
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Risk-sensitive currencies have been on a roll, but these strategists say the fun is about to end.
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Earnings weigh on risk and the IMF issues a euro zone warning — it's time for your FX Fix.
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Labor unrest in South Africa is weighing on the rand, and this strategist sees more weakness ahead.
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Central banks are once again tacitly pegging their currencies to the dollar. As the U.S. is expanding its monetary base through quantitative easing (QE), other countries have few options but to join this race to the bottom to maintain export competitiveness. This will not carry on indefinitely.
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Greece and Spain drive the euro and Japan and South Korea shrink their swap — it's time for your FX Fix.
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Noted investor and the publisher of the Gartman Letter, Dennis Gartman rubbished the latest warning on global economic weakness to come from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) saying he “paid no attention [to it] whatsoever.”
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After passing on interest rate cuts in the last two months despite mounting evidence of a deteriorating economy, the Bank of Korea (BoK) will likely move to ease monetary policy when it meets on Thursday, to bolster an economy that’s expected to grow at the slowest pace since 2009.
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Once the dregs of the U.S. economy, beleaguered mortgage banks are becoming more attractive as the home sector claws back from a depression, an analyst said Monday.
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Wonder what is keeping the British pound so strong? It's the British, stupid.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is making a southern trip, and this strategist sees the euro heading in the same direction.
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Investors fret over the global economy and Iran gets tough on currency traders — it's time for your FX Fix.
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A territorial dispute with China, which has disrupted Japanese firms operating on the mainland and hurt exports, is expected to deal a significant blow to Japan’s economy, which is already losing its momentum and could contract in the fourth quarter, JPMorgan said
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Europe for now has a grip on the debt crisis, this strategist says, and he is ready to trade the improving market mood.
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The price of gold is at an 11 month high and has rallied 14 percent since the start of the year but analysts have told CNBC that it’s set to go even higher tipping the $2,000 per ounce mark.
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A jobs report looms and South African unrest weighs on the rand — it's time for your FX Fix.
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You know that something is seriously wrong with your economy when you tell an audience of learned academics and students at an elite university that your country doesn’t need a bailout, and the room rings with the sound of laughter.
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As banks pull back, private equity firms are increasingly turning to high-yield bonds, mezzanine loans and other types of debt that carry higher interest rates. Some are appealing directly to institutional investors like pensions and sovereign wealth funds to finance specific deals, the New York Times reports.
