For the first time in over a decade, one US dollar bought less than 100 Japanese Yen. USD/JPY dropped to a low of 99.77 in the early European trading session as news of Carlyle Group’s potential failure broke. The hedge fund has had trouble meeting its margin calls last week and now, it [...]

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Here is the “In the Financial Papers Radio Broadcast” (Length: 06:06 minutes). The player should load automatically. Please let me know if you like it. Contact Kathy
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- Outcome of Bank of England Rate Decision
- Outcome of ECB Interest Rate Decision
- Canadian IVEY PMI Surprises to the Upside
- Oil Surges 5 Percent [...]

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Here is the “In the Financial Papers Radio Broadcast” (Length: 07:41 minutes). The player should load automatically. Please let me know if you like it. Contact Kathy
In the Financial Papers:

 
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- US Producer Prices: Fastest Pace of Annualized Growth Since 1981
- German IFO Report Improves, Reflecting Increased Business Confidence
- ECB Orphanides: Eurozone has ducked US [...]

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Here is the “In the Financial Papers Radio Broadcast” (Length: 08:15 minutes). The player should load automatically. Please let me know if you like it. Contact Kathy
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- British Pound Bottoms out on UK retail sales
- What to Expect for Canadian retail sales tomorrow
- Is the US Economy in Stagflation?
- US Rates [...]

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Here is the “In the Financial Papers Radio Broadcast” (Length: 05:56 minutes). The player should load automatically. Please let me know if you like it. Contact Kathy
In the Financial Papers:

 
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- British Pound Tanks after BoE Minutes Reveal 8-1 in favor of 25bps cut, Blanchflower votes for 50bps.
- ECB Garganas Warns of More Credit Problems [...]

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