Welcome to our website

Welcome in Your Blogger For Economy , Currency , Stocks and Bonds.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

The dollar weakened against their counterparts from Australia

The dollar weakened against their counterparts from Australia, New Zealand and Canada, as rising commodity prices boosted demand for currencies linked to commodity exports. The U.S. currency fell to half of its 16 most actively traded peers as U.S. reports indicate a weaker economic growth than expected, reinforcing the Federal Reserve's plan to keep U.S. interest rates low. The Canadian dollar reached parity with the greenback for the first time since Nov. 11. The Swiss franc strengthened to a record low against the dollar as investors demand an alternative to the euro amid the crisis in the region of sovereign debt. "The Australian continues...

China stocks will bounce back next quarter of the biggest annual fall in the Shanghai Index

China stocks will bounce back next quarter of the biggest annual fall in the Shanghai Composite Index since 2008, slowing inflation reduces the need for further increases in interest rates and faster economic growth, according to the joint venture of Morgan Stanley in country. The central bank's two rate increases since October will "achieve the full realization" in moderating consumer prices rose at the fastest pace in 28 months in November, said Zhao Lisong, chief strategist at Morgan Stanley Huaxin Fund Management Co., which oversees about $ 1,900,000,000. Developers, materials producers and automobile manufacturers will benefit as the...

Bernanke may be about to get help in an attempt to boost the economy

Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, may be about to get help in an attempt to boost the economy, an industry bedrock: housing. Employment growth, even with unemployment at 9.4 percent or higher since May 2009 and an increase in U.S. population housing means likely to improve in 2011 from its record low, said Charles Lieberman, chief investment officer of Advisors Capital Management LLC in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey. Mortgage rates are less than 5 percent, further supporting affordability. An increase in housing construction would increase employment for construction workers and also for people in the supply industries stoves and sinks that go to new homes. In the house was reduced to less participation in the economy in history, 2.23 percent, employment growth slowed. The economy...

Confidence among U.S. consumers unexpectedly fell in December

Confidence among U.S. consumers unexpectedly fell in December, restrained by community work will remain limited in 2011. The confidence index fell to 52.5 Conference Board less than the most pessimistic forecasts and down from a revised 54.3 in November, the figures of the research group in New York, showed today day. The share of Americans saying jobs were hard to get rose to a maximum of 10 months. The loss of confidence is at odds with a report from the University of Michigan showed that confidence improved to a maximum of six months in December, and the data showing the greatest increase in rental expense over five years. Federal Reserve policy makers have reiterated they will continue to inject money into financial markets in an attempt to maintain low interest rates, boosting growth...

Home prices fell more than expected in October

Home prices fell more than expected in October, a sign of the housing will remain a weak link in the U.S. recovery accelerates in the new year. The S & P / Case-Shiller index of property values fell 0.8 percent from October 2009, the largest drop year after year, since December 2009, the group said today in New York. A wave of executions in hopes of reaching the market with home prices remain under pressure in 2011, representing a risk to household finances. Responsible for the Federal Reserve this month, said "depressed" housing and high unemployment remained restrictions on consumer spending, reasons reiterated a plan to expand the monetary stimulus registration. "We will remain in negative territory for several months," said Dean Maki, chief U.S. economist Barclays Capital Inc. in...

here are 10 things that may (or may not) happen in 2011

There is an old joke that economists make predictions only for the kids to have time to laugh at someone. In the same vein, once a year, this column also makes some predictions - but only economists have something to laugh more. With this caveat in mind, here are 10 things that may (or may not) happen in 2011: No. 1. Yields rising market. In fact we have been in a bull market more than a year. Just take a look at the numbers. But in the early stages of a cycle of increased capital, no one says it's a bull market. First call it a dead cat bounce. Then they call it a bear market rally. In late 2011, the currency will have fallen. We will be...

Thailand's economic growth will slow in 2011 exports fail

Thailand's economic growth will slow in 2011 exports fail, the Ministry of Finance said that after today's report showed manufacturing expanded less than a year. "Growth next year will return to a normal pattern," said Naris Chaiyasoot, the head of the Office of Public Finance, Ministry of Finance of the political reporters in Bangkok. "Consumption and investment are key factors. Exports, which led the growth of this year, will be fragile given the weakening global economy." The Ministry of forecast gross domestic product will grow 4.5 percent in 2011 and raised estimates for this year to 7.8 percent from 7.5 percent. Thailand's dependence on foreign trade, which represents about 60 percent of the economy makes it vulnerable to swings in global demand. the manufacturing output growth slowed...

investors remain bullish on commodities that beat stocks and bonds for a second year

At one point in regard to money managers "have ranged from government stimulus file and the possibility of a new recession, investors remain bullish on commodities that beat stocks and bonds for a second year. Measurement of Standard & Poor's GSCI advanced 20 percent more than the 9.1 percent gain in the MSCI World Index of shares and 5.3 percent return at a rate of Bank of America Merrill Lynch bond Treasury. Currency traders are betting on a stronger dollar, sending a signal to the contrary, because the products are moved in a direction opposite to the currency in 16 of the last 20 quarters, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Silver, an investment and industrial equipment, jump as much as 37 percent next year, leading gains in the 15 products in a Bloomberg survey of over 100...

Japan's industrial production rose for the first time in six months in November

Japan's industrial production rose for the first time in six months in November, indicating the recovery of the nation's exports regain traction. Industrial production rose 1 percent from October, when fell 2 percent, the Commerce Ministry said today in Tokyo.Today's report makes the concern that more companies scale their production as the government's stimulus measures vanish. Exports stood yen near a 15-years to grow faster for the first time in nine months in November, supported by demand from China, Japanese government data last week. Honda Motor Co., the second largest manufacturer of Japan, is one of the companies to increase production to meet demand. "It's nice to end the year with some good economic news," said Akiyoshi Takumori, chief economist at Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management...

consumer prices in Japan fell for a month 21 in November

consumer prices in Japan fell for a month 21 in November, a sign of sustained deflation may prompt the central bank to revise their price forecasts. Consumer prices excluding fresh food fell 0.5 percent from a year earlier, the statistics bureau said today in Tokyo. Entrenched deflation is weighing on the economy at risk for this quarter as the effects of stimulus spending Prime Minister Naoto Kan, vanishes. Miyako Suda, a policy maker of the Bank of Japan, said earlier this month persistent price declines will continue in the year from April, a view that conflicts with bank forecasts moderate inflation in the period. "The BOJ will probably...

Any additional action by H.K to cool the housing price gains is a risk-demand media

Any additional action by the Hong Kong government to cool the housing price gains is a risk-demand media between "real buyers" and speculators, a senior executive of HSBC Holdings Plc said. Government of Hong Kong on November 19 announced additional stamp duties on property holdings in the short term and a higher initial payment of some mortgages, stepping up measures to curb speculation when housing prices rose more than 50 percent since the beginning of 2009. "What we want to be so careful that any additional restrictions would definitely affect the real buyer, the person who wants to live in that house," said Mark McCombe, chief executive...

Taiwan's Central Bank said it will rein in limits on the use of exchange-rate derivatives

Taiwan's Central Bank said it would step up curbs on the use of foreign exchange derivatives to combat currency speculation by foreigners. Banks in the non-deliverable holdings and options in the Taiwan dollar will be limited to 20 percent of their positions in the local currency, with immediate effect, the central bank said in an emailed statement yesterday afternoon . The ceiling was previously one third. Available below are exempt from the restrictions as they are used by local companies to protect earnings from exchange rate fluctuations, he said. The change aims to "maintain order in the foreign exchange market to prevent speculative...

U.S. economy likely to grow no more than 2 percent in 2011,Robert Mundell said

The U.S. economy likely to grow no more than 2 percent in 2011, less than is needed to lower unemployment, economist Nobel laureate Robert Mundell said. "I do not see economic growth that is better than two percent, " said economics professor at Columbia University in an interview, "Street Smarts" with Carol Massar. "You had the financial crisis that devastated the economy of trust, and there is nothing around the corner that looks set to be a strong boost to the economy." The economy grew at an average rate of 2.9 percent annually in the five quarters from the worst recession in seven decades ending in June 2009. That pace of recovery has...

Swiss central banker Swiss may be unable to stop the free registration to extend a rally

Swiss central banker Philipp Hildebrand, who completed 15 months of intervention in currency markets this year, may be unable to stop the free registration to extend a rally that he called a "burden." Options traders are more optimistic about the franc for the next three months all the money in large, except the yen. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. says it can be appreciated by 8.3 per cent to 1.17 per euro in six months after rising more than any other important point since the intervention ended in June. Standard Bank Plc advance estimates of 1.20. Currency traders say Hildebrand probably not going to renew efforts to stop the profits...

U.S. Retail expected to call sales in the days after Christmas & intensify their disposal after a snowstorm hit the East Coast yesterday

U.S. Retail expected to call sales in the days after Christmas will have to intensify their disposal after a snowstorm hit the East Coast yesterday, disrupting one of the trading days of the year. Parts of New York and New Jersey have up to two feet of snow in recent days, keeping many shoppers at home. The expenditure may change in January, according to Marshal Cohen, industry analyst at NPD Group Inc. chief, a research firm based in Port Washington, New York. "It's like a party and nobody comes because the focus has gone shopping after the holidays to travel after the holiday," Cohen said in a telephone interview yesterday. "Look for a repeat sales by retailers. They're going to be more aggressive. They have to throw another party." The day after Christmas is one of the five busiest shopping...

Oil may return to Gulf Coast U.S. in January & rising the crude unit at $ 100 a barrel

Oil supplies may return to Gulf Coast U.S. in January, undermining the crude unit at $ 100 a barrel after the stock fell more than 30 years this month as refiners sought to avoid liabilities at fiscal year end. Supplies in the states of the Gulf of Mexico, home to more than half of U.S. stocks have fallen 9.2 percent this month to 167.3 million barrels, the Energy Department data in Washington show. Oil settled at a maximum of two years of $ 91.51 a barrel on Dec. 23, bringing the gain this year to 15 percent. "I suspect no more, $ 90 is sustainable beyond mid-January, because I think we will see some action builds" since 1 January, said Ken Medlock, an energy type in the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University in Houston. The accounting rules allow refiners to...

linked bonds offers car loans and leases are about to dominate the sale of asset-backed debt

linked bonds offers car loans and leases are about to dominate the sale of asset-backed debt for a third consecutive year in 2011 after the issuance of all securities fell 31 percent in 2009. Vehicle debt securities grouped in total probably $ 70 million to $ 75 billion, as much as 23 percent from 2010, as auto sales rebound from a minimum of 27 years, according to Barclays Capital. Sales of bonds linked to auto loans and education, and credit cards may reach $ 115 billion in 2011, Barclays said. the total emission is reduced to $ 92 million this year from 134 billion U.S. dollars that banks relied more on deposits to fund credit card loans and the Federal Reserve ended its Asset-Backed Term Loan Fund Securities, investors who financed the purchase of asset-backed securities. "The auto...

The Bank of Israel kept the benchmark interest rate unchanged for third consecutive month

The Bank of Israel kept the benchmark interest rate unchanged for third consecutive month as the shekel appreciated and slowed the growth of housing prices. Stanley Fischer, governor maintained the rate at 2 percent, the central bank based in Jerusalem and other expected to increase by a quarter point. Near-zero interest rates in the U.S. and Europe have pushed the log entries to Israel and other countries where rates are higher, conducting foreign exchange earnings and exports to undermine. The shekel has strengthened about 6 percent against the dollar since August 2009, when Fischer began to increase the rate, even though the Central Bank...

Pages 381234 »