Fed Signals End of Interest Rate Increases [media]https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000006334121/fed-interest-rates.html?smid=pl-share[/media] WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady on Wednesday and signaled that it may not raise them again anytime soon, a surprising reversal...

Italy in recession amid sluggish eurozone Italy's economy tipped into recession at the end of last year, according to latest figures. In the final three months of 2018, the economy shrank by 0.2%, following a 0.1% decline in the third quarter, the Istat statistics office said. Italian Prime Ministe...

Fed's Dudley Explains "How I Learned To Stop Worrying & Love The Fed's Balance Sheet " (ps: In memory of "Stanley Kubrick" movie "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" ;) ) "Stocks have reached a permanently high plateau", ...

Winter 2019 Economic Forecast: growth moderates amid global uncertainties The European economy is expected to grow for the seventh year in a row in 2019, with expansion forecast in every Member State. The pace of growth overall is projected to moderate compared to the high rates of recent years and...

Ocean Shipping Rates Plunge: Just A Blip Or The End Of Globalization? The Baltic Dry Index represents the cost of renting an ocean-going container ship to move goods from, say, Chinese factories to the Port of Los Angeles. The more stuff being made and sold, the higher the demand for such ships, an...

Janet Yellen on monetary policy, currencies, and manipulation THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION conducted an interview with Janet Yellen (former FED. Chairwoman). Currency values play a critical role in international trade, influencing the profitability of exporting and importing. Large movements in curren...

FX Monthly: Quo vadis, dollar? by Lombard Odier Bank February 15, 2019 The dollar rebound in February has admittedly caught us by surprise. We attribute this USD strength to a confluence of factors, including a technical correction and angst about a global slowdown (ex-US) that has proven to be dee...

Now there's not only a double bottom but also a hammer candlestick at the support at 1.1230, I think we may see a further move to the upside. the real reason why EURUSD is not falling like rock is it is trading at multiyear trendline support and taking support at it. it needs more economical slowdo...

A prayer for Brexit - Church of England spiritual leader to plead for unity LONDON (Reuters) - The spiritual leader of the Church of England may lead five days of prayer with other Churches after Britain’s March 29 exit from the European Union in an attempt to ease Brexit divisions, The Sunday Time...

EUR/USD Forecast March 4-8 – Lack of momentum likely to continue EUR/USD posted slight gains last week. The key events in the upcoming week are the ECB rate decision and Services PMIs. Here is an outlook for the highlights of this week and an updated technical analysis for EUR/USD. German retail sa...