China CPI
Dollar Weakens Pretty Much Across the board
December 9, 2015
Share prices in Asia and Europe are mostly lower, but a 0.4% uptick in China’s market is an exception. Stocks fell 1.3% in India and Indonesia, 1.0% in Japan, 1.4% in Taiwan and 0.6% in New Zealand and Australia. Equities in Europe have so far lost 3.8% in Greece, 1.1% in France, 1.0% in Switzerland, […] More
Waiting for Draghi’s Press Conference and U.S. Retail Sales
January 12, 2012
Equities show overnight gains of 1.4% in Germany and 1.2% in France ahead of the ECB policy announcement and monthly press conference. The dollar is down 0.3% against the euro and 0.5% softer relative to the Swiss franc. The dollar otherwise has dipped 0.2% against the loonie and 0.1% versus sterling, while firming 0.1% against […] More
Now Italy’s in the Cross-Hairs
July 11, 2011
As European Finance Ministers meet, contagion fears have turned to Italy. While estimates released in late April put the third largest Euroland economy’s fiscal deficit-to-GDP at 4.6% in 2010, less than half the relative size the Portuguese, Greek, Irish or Spanish imbalances, Italy’s massive debt-to-GDP ratio climbed from 103.6% in 2007 to 119.0% in 2010. […] More
China Releases Data and Raises Reserve Requirements to Record High
June 14, 2011
Stocks recovered as China’s monthly data were near expectations and did not point to excessive slowdown. Equities advanced 1.5% in China, 1.9% in Thailand, 1.4% in South Korea, and 1.1% in Japan. European stocks followed Asia’s upbeat cue in spite of ongoing concerns about Greece. S&P downgraded the Greek sovereign debt rating by three steps […] More
