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Optimism Returns

About.com Forex Trading @ September 12, 2012 # Comments Off

With rumors of debt problems being soon solved in Europe and the term âQE3â being thrown around. Markets seem to be returning to complacency with their risk.
Once again the Euro is rising as well as risk related currency pairs like AUD/USD. T…

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Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decline to 381,000

CalculatedRisk @ December 8, 2011 # Comments Off

The DOL reports:
In the week ending December 3, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 381,000, a decrease of 23,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 404,000. The 4-week moving average was 393,250, a decrease of 3,000 f…

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MBA: Mortgage Purchase Application Index increased

CalculatedRisk @ December 7, 2011 # Comments Off

From the MBA: Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
The Refinance Index increased 15.3 percent from the previous week. The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index increased 8.3 percent from one week earlier to its highest level since Au…

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Hotels: Occupancy Rate increases 3.4% year-over-year, "full recovery still far away"

CalculatedRisk @ December 4, 2011 # Comments Off

From HotelNewsNow.com: STR: US results for week ending 26 November
In year-over-year comparisons for the week, occupancy rose 3.4 percent to 45.0 percent, average daily rate increased 3.7 percent to US$90.51 and revenue per available room finished the …

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Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increase to 402,000

CalculatedRisk @ December 1, 2011 # Comments Off

The DOL reports:
In the week ending November 26, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 402,000, an increase of 6,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 396,000. The 4-week moving average was 395,750, an increase of 500 f…

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Summary for Week Ending Nov 25th

CalculatedRisk @ November 26, 2011 # Comments Off

It was a short holiday week, but the key story remained the same: the European situation continues to deteriorate as European policymakers fiddle. Europe continues to overshadow the U.S. economic situation and the European financial crisis continues t…

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Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims at 393,000

CalculatedRisk @ November 23, 2011 # Comments Off

The DOL reports:
In the week ending November 19, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 393,000, an increase of 2,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 391,000. The 4-week moving average was 394,250, a decrease of 3,250 …

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MBA: Mortgage Purchase Application Index increased

CalculatedRisk @ November 23, 2011 # Comments Off

From the MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
The Refinance Index decreased 4.0 percent from the previous week to its lowest level since July 29, 2011. The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index increased 8.2 percent from last we…

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Chicago Fed: Economic activity up slightly in October

CalculatedRisk @ November 21, 2011 # Comments Off

This is a composite index from the Chicago Fed: Index shows economic activity up slightly in October
Led by improvements in production-related indicators, the Chicago Fed National Activity Index edged up to –0.13 in October from –0.20 in September….

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Summary for Week Ending Nov 18th

CalculatedRisk @ November 19, 2011 # Comments Off

Another week, same lead sentence: The drama in Europe continues to overshadow the U.S. economic situation and the European financial crisis continues to pose the greatest downside risk to the U.S. economy. That said …

In the U.S., the economic data…

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