Blogs Posts on "Quantitative Easing"

negative t bill yields, again by Capital Skew on Nov 19, 2009While risk assets are hovering at 2009 highs, short dated treasuries are once again trading with negative yields,Short Term T Bills Go Negative (Jesse's Cafe Americain)More on Negative T Bills (Across the Curve)The bond market continues to steepen on...

Tangible Assets For Thursday by Economic Disconnect on Nov 5, 2009Plenty to get to this evening, but I think everyone should take a moment to think about the people that have been attacked at Ft. Hood in Texas. The details are slow to come out, and all are bad, so please keep the military and non military folks at...

Sterling funding currency for carry trade? by FX Madness on Nov 5, 2009With interest rates for Sterling at record low, at 0.5%, there are some speculations floating around that GBP is the currency fueling next wave of the carry trade. By some reports it is replacing Japanese Yen and US Dollar in this role. Currently FE...

BoE Rate Decision Eagerly Awaited by Currencies Direct Market Update on Nov 5, 2009Fireworks at the Bank of England? As today has drawn closer the expectation has escalated that the Bank of England will expand QE. But by how much? e question is if they do by how much? £50 billion or £25 billion?

Where Next for the Pound? by Currencies Direct Market Update on Nov 3, 2009Currencies Direct Reviews the Beleaguered Pound 2, November 2009 Yesterday the pound slowly filtered lower as the markets digested the uncertainty surrounding the Bank of England rate decision and the upheaval of the UK banking sector. Against the...

QE- Will They Expand? by Currencies Direct Market Update on Nov 2, 2009Today in the US we have the ISM manufacturing report which is expected to show a further expansion and on Wednesday the Federal Reserve will provide feedback on the economy and feedback on initiatives in process.

Sterling Up But Why? by Currencies Direct Market Update on Oct 29, 2009Sterling is rallying this morning in the markets against most of the major currencies except the Japanese Yen. This morning mortgage approvals in the UK hit its highest level for 18 months giving sterling a good start.

EUR/USD Fails to Hold 1.50 by Currencies Direct Market Update on Oct 27, 2009Currencies Direct Reviews EUR/USD 27, October 2009 The big news in the markets yesterday was the rally of the USD in particular against the euro but in addition against the yen and higher yielding currencies. Is this the start of a sustained rally a...

EUR/USD Targeting 1.50 by Currencies Direct Market Update on Oct 20, 2009The prevailing market sentiment is for a weaker USD and EUR/USD is driving towards a key barrier option at 1.50 and the pound is piggy backing on USD weakness to push up to the 1.64 levels.

Pound Starts The Week Badly Again by Currencies Direct Market Update on Oct 19, 2009The pound is on the back foot again...