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By Moming Zhou, Bloomberg |
May 2, 2013
West Texas Intermediate crude gained the most in almost six months as the number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits slipped and the European Central Bank reduced interest rates to a record low.
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By Jana Randow and Jeff Black, Bloomberg |
May 2, 2013
The European Central Bank cut its key interest rate to a record low as the 17-nation euro region struggles to emerge from recession.
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By Justin Pugsley |
May 1, 2013
Eurozone unemployment levels are hitting new records whilst inflation is softening and with much of the continent mired in an economic depression hopes are running high that the ECB will cut interest rates.
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By Phil Flynn |
April 29, 2013
The oil market is getting a stimulating start as oil traders look to the ECB to give the trade a boost. Add a dash of stimulus and we see oil near a two week high.
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By Emma Charlton and Lukanyo Mnyanda, Bloomberg |
April 24, 2013
The euro’s 25% jump against the yen over the past six months underscores the rising pressure on European Central Bank President Mario Draghi to cut interest rates as the region’s exporters lose out to Japan.
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By Meera Louis and Simon Kennedy, Bloomberg |
April 19, 2013
Global finance chiefs handed Japan leeway to reflate its stagnant economy by indicating its fresh round of monetary stimulus doesn’t contravene a pact to avoid a currency war.
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By Simon Kennedy and Steve Matthews |
April 16, 2013
The slump in gold may hand activist central bankers more reasons to pursue continued easy monetary policy.
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By Stephen Kirkland and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
April 15, 2013
Commodities fell to a nine-month low, led by the worst plunge in gold since 1980, and global stocks slid the most since June as China’s economic growth unexpectedly slowed and investors speculated hedges against inflation were unneeded.
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By Lu Wang and Tony C. Dreibus, Bloomberg |
April 12, 2013
Metals and energy sank, sending a gauge of commodities to an eight-month low and extending a slump that Citigroup Inc. said may mark the “death bell” for the four-year rally in materials.
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By James Ramelli |
April 11, 2013
With the continuing asset purchases by the Federal Reserve and recent policy shifts in Japan, can the ECB afford to maintain their current policy?
