Category: News by Region

The Fed Decided: No Tapering At This Time

The FOMC concluded its two day meeting with the decision to keep its $85 billion a month asset purchase program unchanged. This means, the FOMC won’t start tapering this month. This news is likely to pull down the USD and…

Natural Gas – Weekly Recap September 9-13

Henry Hub Natural Gas storage and prices 2013 10 September

The natural gas market continues to heat up as the price of Henry Hub has increased again mainly during the second half of the week. The recent increase in prices was partly due to the slight increase in demand for…

Natural Gas – Weekly Recap August 12-16

The natural gas market changed direction and started to heat up this week as the price have bounced back mainly during at the middle of the week. The recent rise in prices may have stemmed by the increase in demand…

U.S Housing Starts Increased by 5.9% in July 2013

In the recent U.S. Census Bureau report regarding the new residential construction statistics for July 2013 it was stated that the annual rate of housing starts and the rate of building permits rose. The rate of growth was roughly as…

U.S Employment Increased by Only 162k in July

The Bureau of Labor Statistics published it monthly update: U.S. employment increased again but by a lower than expected pace – according to the ADP estimate, the non-farm payroll rose by 200k during May: The recent U.S. employment report, which…