Day: November 21, 2007

November 21
2007

U.K. Monetary Policy Committee Minutes Released

Minutes of the last (7 and 8 November) Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee were released today, showing the vision for the U.K. economy by the committee members. As the interest rates decision was known by the traders already — BoE left rates unchanged at 5.75%, the major interest was drawn to the exact voting details. Seven committee members voted for the rates to remain as they were, while two other members — David Blanchflower (who voted for the rates […]

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November 21
2007

Pessimistic Indicators from U.S.

U.S. dollar looks unsure whether to fall or to rise on the Forex market after some important macroeconomic indicators were released today. One of the most important data came out from the University of Michigan and Reuters — Michigan Sentiments Index, which represents consumer confidence. Consumer confidence is important, because it will determine future consumer spendings that in their turn fuel the U.S. economy growth. Michigan Sentiments Index […]

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November 21
2007

Fed’s Projections – Uncertain

Federal Reserve’s FOMC published its first meeting minutes to include the 3-year projections of the committee members regarding the GDP growth, consumer prices inflation and unemployment rate. While the average projection expectations didn’t differ greatly (except for the year 2008) from this year’s results, the uncertainty of the inflation projections spoke for itself — Fed is unsure of the impact the interest rates manipulations will have on the consumer prices growth. The wide range for the next […]

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November 21
2007

Chinese Yuan Shows Some Growth

Chinese yuan gained against dollar during today’s trading session in Shanghai, reaching 7.425 yuan/dollar rate. This appreciation of yuan was caused mainly by the falling U.S. dollar against euro, pound and other currencies. While free market laws try to pull up yuan against dollar and other world currencies, government of China does a lot of […]

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