Archive for January, 2015

FX

Friday, January 2nd, 2015

Via Brown Brothers Harriman: Currencies: The euro broke below the mid-2012 low to trade at $1.2035, rapidly approaching the June 2010 low of 1.1877. Euro-area final PMI manufacturing for December came in slightly lower at 50.6, but more significantly, Draghi made some more dovish comments during an interview to a German ...

what to Watch for Today

Friday, January 2nd, 2015

Via the good folks at Bloomberg: WHAT TO WATCH: * (All times New York) Economic Data * 9:45am: Markit US Manufacturing PMI, Dec. final, est. 54 (prior 53.7) * 10:00am: Construction Spending, Nov., est. 0.4% (prior 1.1%) * 10:00am: ISM Manufacturing, Dec., est. 57.5 (prior 58.7) * ISM Prices Paid, Dec., est. 43.0 (prior 44.5) * ISM Prices Paid, ...

Falling Gas Prices Equal Tax Cut Department

Thursday, January 1st, 2015

AAA has calculated that the drop in gasoline prices will save consumers of that product $75 billion in 2015. Via Bloomberg: AAA Says Motorists May Save $75 Billion on Gasoline This Year By Mario Parker Jan 1, 2015 12:00 PM ET The rout in crude oil prices may mean as much as $75 billion ...

Can the US Thrive in the Face of Global Weakness

Thursday, January 1st, 2015

Via the WSJ: By Josh Zumbrun Updated Jan. 1, 2015 6:47 p.m. ET The U.S. economy enters 2015 with the strongest momentum in at least a decade and as the fittest of all the industrialized nations. The question is whether that muscle can help yank the rest of the world out of ...