Japanese corporate service prices
Little Change in the Dollar Ahead of U.S. Data
May 27, 2014
The dollar was narrowly mixed overnight, with gains of 0.2% against the yuan and 0.1% relative to the kiwi, Swissie and sterling, no change versus the yen and euro and dips of 0.2% vis-a-vis the Australia and dollar and 0.1% relative to the Canadian dollar. There is a busy U.S. data release calendar this Tuesday, […] More
Quiet start to Last Week of August
August 26, 2013
A narrowly mixed dollar shows gains of 0.2% against the loonie and Swiss franc and 0.1% versus the euro and Aussie dollar, no change relative to the yuan, and declines of 0.3% relative to the kiwi and 0.1% against the yen and sterling. The 10-year Japanese JGB and German bund yields dipped a basis point […] More
Christmas Break
December 25, 2012
Financial markets are closed today throughout Europe and in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The most notable exception was Japan, which opened after a three-day weekend observing the Emperor’s birthday. Many places will stay shut for Boxing Day tomorrow, such as Britain, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, Greece and Italy. In Japan, an […] More
Spanish Glue
June 26, 2012
Spain’s problems look increasingly sticky. Moody’s downgraded the rating of 28 Spanish banks, and Spanish T-bill auction results produced worse results on dampened expectations of a productive EU summit at the end of this week. The 2.36% yield on the 3-month paper sold by the government was 1.5 percentage points higher than at the May […] More
