Interest rates news

The European Central Bank raises its forecast for eurozone growth for this year and next year, and keeps interest rates on hold.

ECB President Juan-Claude Trichet commenced the press conference that precedes interest rate decision by his usual line of \"Benchmark interest rate is appropriate\", assuring that the bank expects low domestic price pressures along with price development to remain moderate over the upcoming period, s...

The euro edged up on Thursday after healthy results at Spanish and French bond auctions but investors cautiously awaited comments from European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet. The ECB earlier left interest rates unchanged, as expected, at 1.0 percent. The decision had little impact on the euro. Trichet was due to hold a news conference at 1230 GMT.

The rally in risk appetite boosted by strong Chinese and Australian data yesterday was further encouraged after our last article by stronger than expected US ISM numbers. Forex risk correlated currencies, such as the Euro, moved lock-in-step with the data. EURUSD rallied above 1.2800 and the S&P climb above 1080. However, US rates weren't invited to the party as players remained unsure - 10 yr yie…

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ECB left interest rate unchanged at 1.00% in September, in line with both prior rate and analysts\' estimates.

The Swedish Central Bank raised borrowing cost on September by 25 basis points to 0.75% after the improvement in exports and labor market. The bank also increased forecasts for the current year to 4.1% from 3.8% estimated in June.

The dollar and yen fell on Wednesday as risk appetite increased after stronger-than-expected economic data alleviated fear on global economic slowdown. PMI manufacturing data for China and the US were better than anticipated. Investors paid less attention on ADP's forecast of a 10K drop in August US nonfarm private payrolls and a larger-than-expected decline in July construction spending. The S&P …

Millions of graduates will now start paying interest on their student loans again as new interest rates come into effect.

If we were going by the promise of event risk alone, we would have been led to believe that the US dollar was guaranteed volatility Tuesday. However, as we have seen time and again over the past few months, economic data and exogenous developments are only as effective in moving the market so far as they can stimulus interest in dominant fundamental drivers.

Throughout the FOMC meeting, participants have attested that the overall economic conditions of the world\'s largest economy have slowed within this recent period; the overall recovery tempo has stagnated while that prices pressures remain subdued and deflation risks eased noticeably.However the majo...

FXstreet.com (Córdoba) – Market remained relatively steady following the release of the minute of... For more information, read our latest forex news.

So far ahead of the FOMC Minutes Meeting mixed sentiments are spread throughout the currencies market along with technical movements as one hand the country\'s consumers\' sentiment regarding business conditions, employment and personal income rose unexpectedly to 53.5 from a prior reading of 50.4, wh...

FXstreet.com (Buenos Aires) – Exception made by Pound, dollar is down against major rivals since... For more information, read our latest forex news.

The Euro maintained a narrow range throughout the overnight trade, with price action holding below the 100-Day SMA at 1.2711, but the single-currency could face increased volatility later on today as the Federal Reserve is scheduled to release its policy meeting minutes at 18:00 GMT.