Buy it if you dare

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Bernanke spoke again to the Congress and for the second time confirmed his adherence to the bond-buying policy. Traders have caught at the phrase that the size of asset purchases can grow as well as decline. The markets , which see only what they want to see, got ablaze with the hope for the possible increase in the programme, should fresh signs of economic slowdown appear. Here we should also note that Bernanke and his team intend to rev up if the GDP growth rate goes below the trend one. Yet Germany insists on  stopping bond purchases immediately after the situation more…

Bernanke knows how to support the markets

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Bernanke said everything that was necessary to inspire confidence in the markets. At times it is very difficult to understand whether he got into the markets’ trap ( as just a day before he delivered his speech the markets had suffered the sharpest decline in the last few months) or really remains ultra-dovish, though his policy is somewhat warped in some markets. So, Ben Bernanke, delivering a semiannual testimony before the Senate Banking Committee, pointed out the necessity to preserve the stimulating course of the monetary policy. It dispelled the fears which arose after the FOMC’s meeting minutes in January. The more…

Italy pushed down the euro

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Last night we learnt the preliminary results of elections in Italy. According to these data, there’s no clear winner who would form the government on his own. As is often the case in the complicated economic situation, populism is what electors, exhausted by economic slowdown and austerity,  particularly favour. Concerns that the government can be formed by the anti-European coalition oppressed the markets yesterday evening. The euro quickly lost all its polish, depreciating against most of its counterparts. The systematic selling took EURUSD from the intraday high of 1.3318 to the daily low of 1.3047. Last week we mentioned it many more…

Here comes the old trend

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The single currency feels quite well at the beginning of the week. With the yen and pound being sold, the euro remains the single alternative to the dollar. Again the euro is purchased when the US dollar is quite strong. The major risk for the single currency is posed by elections of the top leadership in the southern countries. The first results of the parliamentary elections in Italy will come today after all polling stations are closed at 2 pm (GMT). Different surveys offer different outcomes:  some speak about the narrow win of Pierluigi Bersani’s democratic party, others think that the more…

Fed’s meeting minutes triggered selling in the markets

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The Fed’s meeting minutes somewhat cooled the markets’ adour about the further QE. From them it became clear that some members of the FOMC plan to table revision of  the monthly  size of bond purchases already in March. Probably, March is not the best time since it may start with automatic cuts of government spending in the USA. The battle for the fiscal cliff was won by Obama, rescheduling of the debt ceiling discussion is also his victory. Yet, no matter for how long a deadline is extended, dealing with these burning issues cannot be escaped after all. All this again more…