Tag Archives: mortgage applications
US$ Carry Trade Intensifies, Pound Sterling Advances on BoE Comments, Fed’s Yellen’s Comments Add to US$ Decline, Mortgage Apps.Decline
Just as I suspected!! Well, apparently my conclusions are sound. Today the U.S.$ price is down more than 3/4% making a new low and news out of the UK is leading the charge. The Pound Sterling has gained 5% this week alone vs. the U.S.$. Today’s comments out of the BoE speak directly to the points I highlighted yesterday…. […]
Hawkish Fed Comments From Warsh, Bullard, Plosser Why? Terrible Economic Numbers, Chicago PMI, MBA Mortgage Applications
U.S.$ weakness of late has spurred a cacophony of comments around the world for a new reserve currency. Now the Fed is attempting to fight back. Over the last few days a number of Fed governors have made hawkish statements to bolster the U.S.$ (the fact that these comments were offered before, during and after the G20 summit is not […]
