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On Tuesday night, George Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece, survived a vote of confidence in Greece's parliament. The outcome of the vote was widely anticipated beforehand, as markets moved the EUR/USD pair higher and European stocks benefited. Yet, the vote may have had other affects traders...

On Wednesday, the Bank of England's minutes showed that policy makers were considering additional bond purchases as the British economy continues to struggle. The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee voted 8-1 to maintain the bond-purchase program at 200 billion pounds, Bloomberg reported...

The Japanese yen has been appreciating against the U.S. dollar in recent weeks. Although the yen has not yet reached the levels it hit in March following the tsunami, the yen is far removed from the lows it touched against the dollar after the group of seven decided to intervene in the currency...

The British Pound may have finally gotten a break today, as the currency opened at 1.6177, up from its low of 1.6105 last week but still down from 1.6384 on June 14th. The GBP/USD had been falling last week, perhaps due to concerns about declining inflation in the U.K. and a struggling British...

One of the casualties of the Japan earthquake and tsunami was Yen, Japan's currency. Rather than tanking because of the extra liquidity Bank of Japan provided for the market, Yen surged against all other currencies instead. In this case, traders followed the same playbook for the 1995 Kobe quake...

Much has been talked about the 'Flash Crash', a dramatic event that plunged the Dow Jones Industrial Average by over 900 points, and then recovered, in a short period of time. After a lot of investigation, the SEC produced a report on October 1, 2010. In the report, SEC attributed the event to a...

Piper Jaffray has released its report covering the Medical Diagnostics sector. Its Forex analysis has suggested a 0.3% y-o-y USD weakening. It has also predicted -2.0% sequential strengthening of USD vs. its weighted basket of currencies, which consists of 51% USD and 49% OUS. For ‘unhedged’...

Are upside inflation risks rising in developed economies? That's one question we look at in this week's edition. First up is a synopsis of the UK GDP figures, then a look at rising British inflation, the Bank of Canada decision and inflation rate, the surge in US producer prices, and a look at New...

Are upside inflation risks rising in developed economies? That's one question we look at in this week's edition. First up is a synopsis of the UK GDP figures, then a look at rising British inflation, the Bank of Canada decision and inflation rate, the surge in US producer prices, and a look at New...