Quantitative easing is a form of a monetary policy, often used by central banks in order to raise the money supplies during critical times when either the interest rates or interbank lending rates are close to zero. Such situations arise when there is either a low inflation or deflation. In such..
FOMC is an acronymn for the Federal Open Market Commitee which is a part of the Federal Reserve System, the Central bank for the US. The FOMC meets eight times in a year, whose primary goal is to ensure price stability, create ideal employment scenarios to push for maximum employment and also keeps..
US Pending Home Sales Report is presented by the National Association of Realtors which publishes the Pending Home Sales Index report, PHSI; an indicator to any changes in the housing contract activity and is considered to be a leading economic indicator in the housing market activity, the US..
The Existing Home Sales Report Index, published by the National Association of Realtors is released every month where the results are based on the number of closed sales in the housing market activity. Considered to be a leading economic indicator, the Existing Home Sales Report Index reacts to any..
The ISM manufacturing PMI indicator is a monthly release of the Purchase Managers Index published by the Institute for Supply Management. The ISM Manufacturing PMI indicator is considered a leading economic indicator in areas of the overall economic health. Businesses tend to react rapidly to..
LTRO is defined as the Long Term Refinancing Operations by the ECB or the European Central Bank. While LTRO has been around for the while, it came into the spotlight as LTRO was predominantly used in order to tackle the European debt crisis. The LTRO is primarily used as a mechanism to spread..
The Ivey Purchasing Manager’s index is an important economic indicator for Canada and influences the CAD currency against the majors. The Ivey Purchasing Manager’s Index, is also refered to as the Ivey PMI which is an economic index to measure the monthly fluctuation in the economic..
The Michigan consumer sentiment report (MCSI), also known as the University of Michigan consumer sentiment report (UM Consumer sentiment report) or Michigan Consumer Sentiment report is an indicator of the consumer confidence on various aspects ranging from personal finance to purchasing power. The..
Events based trading, be it forex, commodities or binary options trading can be one of the easiest ways to trade the financial markets. In this article, we shed light on Crude oil inventories and how traders can trade Crude Oil based on the Crude Oil inventories report that is released every week..
The USD currency is one of the most traded currencies in the forex market. This is primarily due to the attribute that the US hosts the biggest economy in the world. In forex trading, when it comes to the basics, you actually buy one currency for another and vice versa. In this scenario, any..
