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US Housing Crisis Not Over: Moody’s

Posted by Scott Boyd at 12:01 pm EST, 11/20/2009

An analyst with Moody’s said today that the US housing crisis is not over and will continue well into 2010. “I don’t think the housing crisis is over,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist with Moody’s Economy.com. “I think we’re going to see another leg down.” An index measuring November homebuilder confidence came in lower than the median forecast of 45 economists this week. The Commerce Department on Nov. 18 said residential building dropped 11 percent in October to the lowest level since [...] read more

Filed under: Forex Round Up, USD

USD Roundup

Dollar May Fall to 87 Yen: Techncial Analysis
Posted by Scott Boyd at 9:16 am EST, 11/20/2009
Forget Bernanke and Geithner, its risk-aversion that supports the USD
Posted by Dean Popplewell at 5:50 am EST, 11/20/2009
Yen and Dollar Gain as Stocks Fall
Posted by Scott Boyd at 9:26 am EST, 11/19/2009
New US Jobless Claims Hold Steady at 505,000
Posted by Scott Boyd at 9:20 am EST, 11/19/2009
OECD Says China Will Lead Recovery
Posted by Scott Boyd at 9:15 am EST, 11/19/2009

Forex Rumors »

EUR option barries at 1.4800 and 1.5000
Posted under USD, EUR at 11:54 am EST, 11/17/2009
US Yield curve-Seasonal flattners being bought for month end index extension
Posted under USD at 8:50 am EST, 11/13/2009
US initial jobless claims fall to a 10-month low 502k, but above that psychological 500k print
Posted under USD, EUR, GBP, CHF, JPY, AUD, CAD at 8:51 am EST, 11/12/2009
Today Remberance and Memorial Day holiday North America
Posted under USD, CAD at 9:08 am EST, 11/11/2009
Consumer Price Index :

CPI : The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is considered one of the most effective measures of inflation within an economy. When high inflation becomes a concern, investors abandon the currency in search of other investment options thus lowering the demand for the currency on the forex markets.

Central Bank Watch »

US Federal Reserve Exploring Interest Policy Rate Band

Posted by Alfonso Esparza 10:07 am EST, 11/17/2009

The US Fed is looking forward at what tools are at its disposal in the future to stem the threat of inflation. Inflation fears that have been in large part fueled by the low rate environment created by the Central Bank to boost the economy out of the crisis. A low rate environment takes away the main tool that the Federal Reserve had to fight inflation and stimulate growth. Now the C.Bank’s strategy revolves around paying interest on Bank [...] read more

Filed under: USD

Economic Exposure »

MarketPulseFX interview

Posted by Alfonso Esparza 1:48 pm EST, 11/18/2009

Earlier this month the OANDA MarketPulseFX team had the opportunity of being interviewed by Hillel Fuld over at dailyforex.com. The interview gave us a chance to reach a more diverse pool of traders and to give them an insight into into what goes behind the scenes at the blog. Here is a sample from the interview: Why should someone read your blog? “The key thing we try to keep in mind is that not everyone – especially those engaging in part-time currency trading [...] read more

Filed under: USD, EUR, GBP, CHF, JPY, AUD, CAD

Latest Articles

US Housing Crisis Not Over: Moody’s
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November
20
Today’s Global
Market Events
8:30 am
CAD
Core Retail Sales m/m
0.5%
CAD
Retail Sales m/m
0.8%
10:00 am
USD
Existing Home Sales
5.57m
6:00 pm
AUD
CB Leading Index m/m
1.8%