ALL FINANCIAL FOREX NEWS on ONE PAGE » Financial News http://www.us-forex.us Just another FOREX and TRADE NEWS Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:49:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Swiss CPI falls 0.8 pct yr/yr in Jan http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/swiss-cpi-falls-0-8-pct-yryr-in-jan/ http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/swiss-cpi-falls-0-8-pct-yryr-in-jan/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:49:04 +0000 Forex-Master http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/swiss-cpi-falls-0-8-pct-yryr-in-jan/ Swiss consumer prices fell 0.8
percent from a year ago in January and were 0.4 percent
lower compared with the previous month, the Federal Statistics
Office said on Friday.

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
JAN 2012 DEC 2011 JAN…
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The response to the second Greece bailout has so far been less than impressive, with the Euro failing to materially extend gains against the buck on the news of Greek politicians agreeing to the austerity measures needed to unlock Eur130B aid money. However, one interesting development has been the…
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]]> http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/commodity-bloc-currencies-showing-signs-of-relative-weakness/feed/ 0 UK Producer Price Index – January 2012 http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/uk-producer-price-index-january-2012/ http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/uk-producer-price-index-january-2012/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:49:03 +0000 Forex-Master http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/uk-producer-price-index-january-2012/ In the year to January 2012 the output price index for home sales of manufactured products rose 4.1 per cent, compared with a rise of 4.8 per cent last month. This is the lowest annual rate since November 2010, when the index also rose 4.1 per cent.
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]]> http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/uk-producer-price-index-january-2012/feed/ 0 China Jan bank loans at 738.1 bln yuan, weaker than expected http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/china-jan-bank-loans-at-738-1-bln-yuan-weaker-than-expected/ http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/china-jan-bank-loans-at-738-1-bln-yuan-weaker-than-expected/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:49:02 +0000 Forex-Master http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/china-jan-bank-loans-at-738-1-bln-yuan-weaker-than-expected/ Chinese banks extended 738.1 billion yuan ($117.3 billion) in new loans in January, the People’s Bank of China said on Friday, well below market expectations of 1 trillion yuan.

The lower-than-expected bank lending in the first month of 2012 shows the central bank is treading cautiously in e…
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]]> http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/china-jan-bank-loans-at-738-1-bln-yuan-weaker-than-expected/feed/ 0 French December 2011, manufacturing output decreased 1.4% http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/french-december-2011-manufacturing-output-decreased-1-4/ http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/french-december-2011-manufacturing-output-decreased-1-4/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:49:04 +0000 Forex-Master http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/french-december-2011-manufacturing-output-decreased-1-4/ French December 2011 manufacturing output decreased 1.4%

In December 2011, manufacturing output decreased in volume (-1.4%). It had increased in November 2011 (+1.4%).
In total industry, output decreased as well (-1.4%).
During the last quarter, manufacturing output decreased (-0.5%)

During the last quarter (quarter-on-quarter change), output decrea…
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]]> http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/french-december-2011-manufacturing-output-decreased-1-4/feed/ 0 Beyond Chinese New Year data skew, a bear lurks http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/beyond-chinese-new-year-data-skew-a-bear-lurks/ http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/beyond-chinese-new-year-data-skew-a-bear-lurks/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:49:02 +0000 Forex-Master http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/beyond-chinese-new-year-data-skew-a-bear-lurks/ Beyond Chinese New Year data skew a bear lurks

Trying to track China’s economic course during the Lunar New Year can leave analysts howling at the moon. January auto sales tumbled, yet oil imports were the third highest on record. A measure of factory activity picked up, but trade data was weak.

A closer examination of the numbers shows beari…
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]]> http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/beyond-chinese-new-year-data-skew-a-bear-lurks/feed/ 0 German Consumer prices in January 2012: +2.1% on January 2011 http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/german-consumer-prices-in-january-2012-2-1-on-january-2011/ http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/german-consumer-prices-in-january-2012-2-1-on-january-2011/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:49:04 +0000 Forex-Master http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/german-consumer-prices-in-january-2012-2-1-on-january-2011/ German Consumer prices in January 2012 +2.1% on January 2011

In January 2012 the consumer prices in Germany were up 2.1% on January 2011. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the inflation rate as measured by the consumer price index thus remained slightly above 2% (December 2011: also +2.1%). Compared with December 2011, the consumer…
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]]> http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/german-consumer-prices-in-january-2012-2-1-on-january-2011/feed/ 0 Greek austerity plans not ready, say eurozone ministers http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/greek-austerity-plans-not-ready-say-eurozone-ministers/ http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/greek-austerity-plans-not-ready-say-eurozone-ministers/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:49:04 +0000 Forex-Master http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/greek-austerity-plans-not-ready-say-eurozone-ministers/ Greek austerity plans not ready say eurozone ministers

Eurozone ministers have cast doubt on Greece’s ability to push through austerity measures needed to release a 130bn euro ($170bn; £110bn) bailout.

At a meeting of finance ministers in Brussels, Germany’s Wolfgang Schaeuble said a plan agreed by Greece’s fragile coalition after days of talks…
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]]> http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/greek-austerity-plans-not-ready-say-eurozone-ministers/feed/ 0 Greece Rebuffed on Aid Over Austerity Vote http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/greece-rebuffed-on-aid-over-austerity-vote/ http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/greece-rebuffed-on-aid-over-austerity-vote/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:49:02 +0000 Forex-Master http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/greece-rebuffed-on-aid-over-austerity-vote/ Greece Rebuffed on Aid Over Austerity Vote

European finance ministers held back a rescue package for Greece in a rebuff that left lawmakers in Athens under government pressure to endorse a newly minted austerity plan or exit the euro.

In short: no disbursement without implementation, Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said i…
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]]> http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/greece-rebuffed-on-aid-over-austerity-vote/feed/ 0 Venizelos says Greece must decide on euro membership http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/venizelos-says-greece-must-decide-on-euro-membership/ http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/venizelos-says-greece-must-decide-on-euro-membership/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:49:04 +0000 Forex-Master http://www.us-forex.us/2012/02/venizelos-says-greece-must-decide-on-euro-membership/ Venizelos says Greece must decide on euro membership

Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos has told Greeces political parties that they will have to take a clear decision on whether they want the country to remain in the euro or not by the time the Eurogroup meets again next week after eurozone finance ministers held back from giving the green light…
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