3 Numbers: US durables remain solid, US home prices, US confidence

Tuesday’s a slow day for macro updates in Europe, but several key US reports are scheduled today, including the September data on new orders for durable goods. Later, we’ll see fresh numbers on US house prices via the Case-Shiller indices, followed by the Conference Board’s October estimate of…

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3 Numbers: US durables remain solid, US home prices, US confidence

3 Numbers: US durables remain solid, US home prices, US confidence

Tuesday’s a slow day for macro updates in Europe, but several key US reports are scheduled today, including the September data on new orders for durable goods. Later, we’ll see fresh numbers on US house prices via the Case-Shiller indices, followed by the Conference Board’s October estimate of…

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3 Numbers: US durables remain solid, US home prices, US confidence

Asian shares, dollar tread cautiously ahead of Fed meeting

Asian shares were modestly higher while the dollar held steady on Tuesday, as investors awaited the outcome of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s two-day meeting that begins later in the session for clues to the direction of U.S. interest rates. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan …

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Crude Oil Struggling to Recover, SPX 500 Bounce Runs Into Resistance

US DOLLAR TECHNICAL ANALYSIS – Prices corrected lower after last week’s breakout seemingly marking the resumption of the longer-term uptrend. Near-term resistance is in the 11102-43 area marked by the 23.6% Fibonacci expansion and the October 3 high, with a break above that on a daily closing basis…

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Crude Oil Struggling to Recover, SPX 500 Bounce Runs Into Resistance

The hidden warning over world trade in the ECB’s stress tests

he market’s attention to the European Central Bank’s stress test has naturally focused on the health of banks on the Continent. But the central bank also laid out a grim scenario for world trade in the publication released Sunday. The ECB said it paid “particular attention” to shipping exposur…

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BOJ Governor Kuroda: Japan’s economy is showing some weakness

Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kuroda speaking in the Japanese Parliament: Japan’s economy is showing some weakness mainly in output but positive cycle remain intact. Job, income conditions improving steadily. Private consumption solid as a trend with non-durable goods sales emerging from sales tax…

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China Fake Invoice Evidence Mounts as HK Figures Diverge

The gap between China’s reported exports to Hong Kong and the territory’s imports from the mainland widened in September to the most this year, suggesting fake export-invoicing is again inflating China’s trade data. China recorded $1.56 of exports to Hong Kong last month for every $1 in imports H…

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Japan September retail sales rise at fastest pace since Q1

Japan’s retail sales rose at their fastest pace since the first quarter in September as investors began to shake off the effect of a consumption tax hike. Retail sales rose 2.3 percent on year in September, above expectations for 0.6 percent rise in a Reuters poll and up from a 1.2 percent rise i…

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When Tesla takes hold in Australia, your car dealer won’t like it

Electric vehicle maker Tesla will soon deliver its cars to Australian roads. This promises to change both the type of cars we drive and potentially the way we buy them. Tesla remains a relative oddity in the US auto market. It is on target to sell around 35,000 cars in 2014, in comparison to GM’s…

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DXY, EUR/USD: Is USD On The Edge Of A Big Move? – Goldman Sachs

The USD index (DXY) dropped down to test the top of its old range; highs from Jul. ‘12 to Jul. ‘13 at 84.53-10 and the fact that it held this level well as support (mainly on a weekly close basis) indicates that bullish momentum is still very much intact, notes Goldman Sachs. “Fom a wave perspe…

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