Over the past few days, the markets have shrugged off the government’s bailout of AIG and a flush of liquidity from central banks around the world. No matter what the Federal Reserve or the US Treasury tried to do, they failed to please the markets. However in the last few hours of trading [...]

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Bank of England Quarterly Inflation Report Signals 6 Percent Rates by Year End
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“The Bank of England indicated it will have to raise the benchmark interest rate once more as record oil costs and rising food prices keep inflation above its target for the next two years.”
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Here is something interest I read about seasonality in the month of August from JPMorgan Research. Take it for what it’s worth.
1) Looking back to 1990, WTI oil prices have risen more than 80% of the time in August, by an average USD5/bbl.
2) Indeed, looking back as far as 1980, USD/CAD has tended [...]

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