Forex Gump

Y’all looking for some reports to trade the news? Well, you’re in luck, cause you’ve got three retail sales reports headed your way this week!

The euro zone is making headlines again, and this time its finance ministers are on the hot seat. In their 2-day meeting that started yesterday, they will attempt to reach an agreement that will help pull the region out of its debt fiasco. Here are 3 predictions on the outcome of the meeting.

Last Friday, just when everyone was getting ready for the weekend, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) raised its reserve requirements by 50 basis points. Boy, does China know how to pull off a surprise!

Germany is recognized as the largest and one of the best-performing economies in the European Union. But could it actually be doing the region more harm than good? Read up to get the low down on Germany’s bipolar personality!

Word around the market playgrounds is that the People’s Bank of China is now opening another channel for its currency, the yuan, to flow out of the country. Does this mean that China is yielding to the pressure of the global markets, or is it cooking up something more interesting?

It has been a week since the NFP report, but don’t think that I have forgotten to say my piece about it! The headline figure showed an additional 103,000 jobs in December, and a drop in the unemployment rate to 9.4% from 9.8% in November. Is the U.S. economy on its way to a healthy recovery, or are there more to the figures than we think?

When private investors flee the sidelines as euro zone continues its struggle with its finances, Japan steps up to the plate and lends out a helping hand. Hooray! But wait… there must be a catch!

The monthly BOE monetary policy statement is less than a day away. As the saying goes, “Failing to prepare is preparing to fail!” So get yourself ready for the big announcement and read up on what the MPC has in store for you pipsters!

In 2010, fireworks erupted between the U.S. and China, and no, it had nothing to do with Katy Perry. Accusations of currency manipulation were thrown all over the markets, and now it looks emerging economies are ganging up to keep their own currencies from rising. Grab your thinking helmets and get dibs on the details of what could be an all-out currency war in the making!

Is Portugal next in line to ask for a bailout? Read on and find out whether it could get bullied by big brothers France and Germany into getting one!