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• The Italian Election 2018 is just few days away. Who are the key candidates & how EUR can be affected?

  Mar 1, 18 • 4875 Views • Extras • Jovana Pribic Comments Off on The Italian Election 2018 is just few days away. Who are the key candidates & how EUR can be affected?

  The Italian election is due to be held this coming Sunday, 4th of March 2018 and Italians are preparing to choose a new Parliament and Prime Minister. Italy is not well-known for its political stability given the fact that it has had more than 60 governments...

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  Canada’s interest rate policy will be under scrutiny next week, as the central bank meets to discuss a potential rise to 1.25%.

  Jan 11, 18 • 4376 Views • Extras • admin Comments Off on Canada’s interest rate policy will be under scrutiny next week, as the central bank meets to discuss a potential rise to 1.25%.

  There’s plenty of speculation regarding the Bank Of Canada’s two day meeting taking place next week,  the overwhelming expectation is for a rise from 1% to 1.25%. However, many analysts will offer up several reasons why the central bank may hold back....

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  The latest inflation figures for China and the USA will come under close scrutiny, during the first full trading week of 2018.

  Jan 4, 18 • 5699 Views • Extras • admin Comments Off on The latest inflation figures for China and the USA will come under close scrutiny, during the first full trading week of 2018.

  The first full trading week of 2018 witnesses a return to traditional economic calendar events effecting our: FX, equity and commodity markets. It’s a busy week for Chinese, USA and European  data, including several inflation figures, most notably for...

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  Will the first NFP release of 2018 continue the recent trend of bullish fundamental economic news in the USA?

  Jan 4, 18 • 4057 Views • Extras • admin Comments Off on Will the first NFP release of 2018 continue the recent trend of bullish fundamental economic news in the USA?

  On Friday January 5th at 13:30 GMT, the first Non Farm Payroll data of the year will be published. The forecast, from the economists polled by the Reuters news agency, predicts a rise of 188k for December, a fall from the 228k jobs created in November 2017,...

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  USA employment and unemployment data will be under scrutiny this coming week, as the final NFP reading for 2017 is revealed

  Dec 29, 17 • 4296 Views • Extras • Zahir Shah Comments Off on USA employment and unemployment data will be under scrutiny this coming week, as the final NFP reading for 2017 is revealed

  Our economic calendar begins to take on a more recognisable shape this coming week as our: FX, equity and commodity markets finally burst back into life, after the Xmas and new year holidays. Whilst there’s a concentration of global PMI readings published...

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  Focus turns to Japan and yen over the holiday period, as European and U.S. data supply recedes

  Dec 21, 17 • 4298 Views • Extras • Zahir Shah Comments Off on Focus turns to Japan and yen over the holiday period, as European and U.S. data supply recedes

  It’s a relatively quiet week for economic calendar news, due to the Xmas holiday period, however, Asian economic news (particularly from Japan), comes thick and fast and will include the latest CPI figure, which has remained extremely low at 0.2% annually,...

• Will the final NFP reading of 2017 finish with a bang, or a whimper?

  Dec 7, 17 • 5733 Views • Extras • Zahir Shah Comments Off on Will the final NFP reading of 2017 finish with a bang, or a whimper?

  On Friday December 8th at 13:30pm GMT, the BLS department of the U.S. government will publish its latest NFP (non farm payroll) data reading and its last for 2017. Combined with this NFP data another crucial economic calendar metric, the latest unemployment...

• WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 2/10-6/10|Could an extremely low NFP number take the markets by surprise?

  Sep 29, 17 • 4301 Views • Extras • Jovana Pribic Comments Off on WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 2/10-6/10|Could an extremely low NFP number take the markets by surprise?

  It’s that time of month again; when the NFP number is published on the first Friday of the new month. For novice traders they may wonder what all the fuss is about, however, traders who were involved in the markets during the Great Recession, when NFP...

• U.K. GDP and Eurozone CPI will come under close scrutiny on Friday 29th

  Sep 28, 17 • 4537 Views • Extras • Jovana Pribic Comments Off on U.K. GDP and Eurozone CPI will come under close scrutiny on Friday 29th

  At 8:30am, on Friday September 29th, the UK’s official statistics body the ONS, will release the country’s latest (final) Q2 GDP figure. The expectation is for no change; both the QoQ figure is forecast to remain at 0.3% for Q2 and the annualised figure...

• Angela Merkel’s CDU party wins German Federal Election, whilst far right party AfD makes huge gains

  Sep 25, 17 • 6185 Views • Extras • Jovana Pribic Comments Off on Angela Merkel’s CDU party wins German Federal Election, whilst far right party AfD makes huge gains

  A Pyrrhic victory is a victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor, it’s tantamount to suffering an actual defeat. Someone who obtains a Pyrrhic victory has been victorious, although the heavy toll negates any true sense of achievement, or...