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- Jobs Picture Improving in Canada, Too
- Marc Chandler submits:Canada reported much stronger jobs data than the market expected, sending the Canadian dollar broadly higher. However, the strong showing in Canada should not be seen as a hint or signal of what to expect from the US. Canada grew 79.1k jobs in November, of which 38.6k were...
- External links 2009-12-04
- Iceland's Krona Continues to Struggle Against the Euro
- Marc Chandler submits:Effective Monday, Iceland lifted its restrictions on capital outflows. New investors can now exchange their holdings for foreign currencies, provided the transactions are duly registered.Capital controls were imposed late last year following the collapse of Iceland's largest banks. The krona has been unable to keep pace with the...
- External links 2009-11-02
- Poland: Higher Interest Rates Coming?
- Marc Chandler submits: The Polish zloty stabilized Tuesday after Monday's trade-deficit induced slide. The higher than expected August consumer price increase reinforces ideas that the Poland has reached the end of its easing cycle and that the next move will be higher rates, though we envisage this to be a...
- External links 2009-09-16
- The Bearish Case for the British Pound
- Marc Chandler submits:Sterling has been resilient Tuesday in the face of the Fitch warnings of the UK's rating vulnerability and the deterioration on the trade front. Supporting it has been reports suggesting that Norway's petroleum fund is looking favorable at some UK property investments, and M&A related activity. There are,...
- External links 2009-11-10
- Greek Troubles Continue to Weigh on the Euro
- Marc Chandler submits:The pressures on Greece continue to increase and this fact is reflected in the credit default swaps and the country's interest rate spread over Germany. Indeed, that is a key development in the euro zone over the past month. Greece yields have risen above Ireland, which had been...
- External links 2009-11-24
- Greek Bonds Continue to Struggle Under Weak Aegean Economy
- Marc Chandler submits:Greek bonds continue to be worst performer among European bonds. The 10-year bond yield is up another 10 bp Monday after a move of roughly the same magnitude at the end of last week.When the new government under PM Papandreou elected early October claimed that the deficit it...
- External links 2009-11-16
- Euro-Swiss Ready to Rise
- Marc Chandler submits:Since Aug 10, the euro pulled back about 1.5% against the Swiss franc through last week low set on Friday near CHF1.5135. The fundamental backdrop has not changed. The Swiss National Bank remains committed to the quantitative easing strategy, which given the size of its domestic bond market,...
- External links 2009-08-24
- The Canadian Dollar: What's Driving It?
- Marc Chandler submits: The Canadian dollar made new highs for the year a week ago and has been consolidating since. Monday's US dollar bounce carried it through the first technical corrective target near CAD1.1780 initially, but then fell through the pre-weekend lows to record an outside down day and there...
- External links 2009-05-20
- ECB Seems to Relish in Its Opaqueness
- Marc Chandler submits: ECB: The Platypus Central Bank If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. Yet the European Central Bank says it is not a duck. Perhaps it is a platypus. by Marc Chandler
- External links 2009-05-17
- ECB Fiddles While Rome Burns
- Marc Chandler submits: The ECB just doesn’t get it. The Federal Reserve has driven the Fed funds target to 0-25 bp. Short-term US T-bill yields have on occasion dipped below zero. As this is written, the 3-month T-bill yield is quoted at -5 bp....
- External links 2008-12-21
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