Yesterday on Twitter I suggested that the bounce in stocks was not supported by the credit complex, and that the improvement in the latter simply made the risk of a full blown correction a bit lower. Today the move in credit derivatives, as well as credit spreads, are entirely consistent with the…
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Fil Zucchi: Deja Vu All Over Again
Atlanta Federal Reserve President Dennis Lockhart said on Thursday that the Fed’s main policy statement will almost certainly shift in October as its bond-buying program winds down. The current statement says the Fed will wait “a considerable time” after the end of its bond-buying program before …
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Fed’s Lockhart says Fed statement likely to change in October as bond-buying ends
The U.S. Federal Reserve may start raising rates around the spring of 2015, at the earlier end of market expectations, Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas said on Thursday. “It’s assumed in the market place that we’ll start our liftoff in raising interest rates some ti…
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Fed’s Fisher: The First Rate Hike Is Coming ‘Maybe Sooner Rather Than Later’
Speculation about the retirement of China central bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, a champion of shifting the world’s second-largest economy to greater reliance on markets, is resurfacing, focusing attention on potential successors. With Zhou, 66, past the typical retirement age for senior officials…
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Speculation Resurfaces on China Central Bank Governor
Economic conditions will continue to improve, allowing the Federal Reserve to start raising short-term interest rates between the mid-and late 2015, said Dennis Lockhart, the president of the Atlanta Fed, on Thursday. In a speech in Jackson, Miss., Lockhart said he was not concerned waiting until…
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Fed’s Lockhart eyes first rate hike mid-2015 or later
The thermometer showed a 103.5-degree fever, and her 10-year-old’s asthma was flaring up. Mary Bolender, who lives in Las Vegas, needed to get her daughter to an emergency room, but her 2005 Chrysler van would not start. The cause was not a mechanical problem — it was her lender. Ms. Bolender …
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Miss a Payment? Good Luck Moving That Car
As the markets open in Japan on Friday – a few hours after the markets close in the US on Thursday – the Ministry of finance in Japan will report the latest round of Japanese inflation data. …
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Japanese Inflation Data Offers Insight into Sales Tax Rate Hike Decision
Russian courts could get the green light to seize foreign assets on Russian territory under a draft law intended as a response to Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis. The draft, which was submitted to parliament on Wednesday by a pro-Kremlin deputy, would also allow state compensation for a…
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Russian draft law would allow seizure of foreign property
Over a century ago, Charles Dow codified one of the first technical analysis frameworks, which eventually came to be known as Dow Theory. One of the basic tenets of the theory is that the market immediately discounts all new information as soon as it is released, a premise that Dow’s theory shares…
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GBPUSD: Bearish Flag Breakdown Could Expose 10-Month Lows Near 1.60
Over a century ago, Charles Dow codified one of the first technical analysis frameworks, which eventually came to be known as Dow Theory. One of the basic tenets of the theory is that the market immediately discounts all new information as soon as it is released, a premise that Dow’s theory shares…
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GBPUSD: Bearish Flag Breakdown Could Expose 10-Month Lows Near 1.60
U.S. natural-gas inventories rose 97 billion cubic feet in the week ended Sept. 19, the Energy Information Administration said Thursday. That was slightly above expectations of an increase between 92 bcf and 96 bcf, according to analysts polled by Platts. Natural-gas futures pared their losses after…
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Natural-gas supplies edge above forecast
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Japanese Health Minister Shiozaki says there is no hurry to submit the GPIF reform bill
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Japanese Health Minister Shiozaki says there is no hurry to submit the GPIF reform bill
U.S. stocks declined, after the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index climbed the most in over a month, as investors assessed data showing an improving economy for clues on the timing of any Federal Reserve rate increase. Apple Inc. dropped 2.3 percent as it pulled an update for the iPhone operating system…
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U.S. Stocks Decline Amid Jobless Claims, Durables Data
U.S. stocks declined, after the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index climbed the most in over a month, as investors assessed data showing an improving economy for clues on the timing of any Federal Reserve rate increase. Apple Inc. dropped 2.3 percent as it pulled an update for the iPhone operating system…
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U.S. Stocks Decline Amid Jobless Claims, Durables Data
Adjusted for seasonal influences, the Markit Flash U.S. Services PMI™ Business Activity Index posted 58.5 in September, down from 59.5 in August but still well above the neutral 50.0 threshold. The index–which is based on approximately 85% of usual monthly replies–pointed to a robust expansion of…
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Strong expansion of US service sector activity continues in September
Adjusted for seasonal influences, the Markit Flash U.S. Services PMI™ Business Activity Index posted 58.5 in September, down from 59.5 in August but still well above the neutral 50.0 threshold. The index–which is based on approximately 85% of usual monthly replies–pointed to a robust expansion of…
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Strong expansion of US service sector activity continues in September
After many promises to its European partners that the fight to reform the French economy will continue, the real battle for France’s unpopular government begins next week with the unveiling of the 2015 budget. The budget, to be announced October 1, will be the first time the government will have …
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France 2015 Budget To Mark Start Of Real Reforms Battle
After many promises to its European partners that the fight to reform the French economy will continue, the real battle for France’s unpopular government begins next week with the unveiling of the 2015 budget. The budget, to be announced October 1, will be the first time the government will have …
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France 2015 Budget To Mark Start Of Real Reforms Battle
Traders are showing confidence in Mario Draghi’s ability to weaken the euro and stave off deflation, even as the initial results of a key part of the European Central Bank president’s plan fell below estimates. Draghi has signaled he wants to boost the central bank’s balance sheet to as much as …
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Euro Shows Draghi Succeeding Where Loans Fall Short
