At 1030 CET today we have CPI data coming out from the United Kingdom. With Forex players hyping speculation that persistent inflationary pressure will in the end translate in the BoE hiking its interest rates sooner than expected, the release is bound to be given the limelight later today ... Read more

The month-end, quarter-end ‘fix mess’ is now over. Welcome to the beginning of the ‘carry’ month, which April is historically know for. This morning, the market has the grandaddy of economic data releases to contend with, non-farm payroll, followed by ISM manufacturing and the battle of Fed speakers.

The market expects a somewhat robust payrolls headline (+2

The end of the week will be a busy one as we get manufacturing data from China, the US, and the UK along with Japan’s quarterly Tankan Manufacturing Index.

In Europe we continue to have these battling dynamic between higher inflation and the anticipation for the start of the ECB rate tightening campaign, while at the same time Ireland has just concluded its banking sector st

The pickup in U.S. employment was probably sustained in March, and factory assembly lines kept humming, showing that a jump in fuel costs has yet to choke the expansion, economists said before reports today.

Payrolls increased by 190,000 workers last month after a 192,000 advance in February that was the biggest in nine months, according to the median forecast of 83 economists surveyed

 I was inspired to write this post by a recent article published by Counting Pips, entitled “The Problem with Forex Fundamental Analysis.” While the author, Warren Seah, delivers a stinging critique of fundamental analysis, I think most of his points are pretty hollow. For the sake of debate, I’d like to present my rebuttal. Seah’s thesis can essentially be boiled

1. Ben Bernanke Testifies: Wednesday, 15:00. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on economy before the House Budget Committee on economic, employment and budgetary issues, in Washington DC where he will talk about the second round of quantitative easing


2. Australian Employment Data: Thursday, 0:30. Fewer workers were added to the

US Nonfarm Payrolls to climb higher

While we are seeing improvements in most sectors of the US economy, the labour market has reacted with extreme sluggishness to the pick-up in activity. The unemployment rate still hovers around 9.5 percent and the monthly gains in employment are still only just about enough to keep unemployment steady. We do look for an improveme

Today US ADP Non-Farm Employment Change is the major event on calendar . Here is an outlook on the market movers awaiting us.

In the US, ADP Non-Farm Employment Change measuring the estimated change in the number of employed people during the previous month, excluding the farming industry and government grew more than expected with 297,000 additio

CB Consumer Confidence in the US, GDP in the UK, a speech by King are only some of highlights, .Let’s see what awaits us today..

In the US, The Conference Board (CB) Consumer Confidence, Survey of about 5,000 households to rate the relative level of current and future economic conditions including labor availability, business conditions, and overall economi