Foreign Exchange Insights and Next Week
Next Week
July 17, 2015
Japanese Holiday: Markets in Japan will be closed Monday for Marine Day. Central Banks: Interest rate policy meetings are scheduled at centrals in New Zealand, South Africa, Hungary and Turkey. Minutes from a prior meeting will be released by the Bank of England, Bank of Japan and Reserve Bank of Australia. Scheduled U.S. Data: New […] More
Deeper Analysis
Updated Comparison of U.S. Economic Performance Under Obama and Bush43
July 17, 2015
This note is an update of a series of earlier articles on Currency Thoughts that compared the U.S. economic performance under different presidential stewardships, including this prior article from January 2012. It’s seems pretty clear that U.S. voters next year will be presented with a stark choice on domestic economic policies. Now that both Obama’s […] More
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Lingering Doubts about the Greek Deal and China’s Economic Prognosis
July 17, 2015
Greek banks will reopen next Monday. A number of European parliaments, including the Germany Bundestag, are presumed likely to vote today on approving a third bailout, this time of EUR 86 billion. All eurozone members must agree on this for the deal to pass. Finland has already done so. Despite this progress, grave doubt continues […] More
