Forex news and forecasts archive for 2005-03-31

31/03/2005 09:39 Japan Feb housing starts +0.4%y/y

31/03/2005 09:40 Japan Feb construction orders -14.8%y/y

31/03/2005 09:45 Current ECB interest rates are in line with medium-term price stability

31/03/2005 09:45 Inflation pressure remains contained, inflation should ease in medium term - Papademos

31/03/2005 09:46 Papademos says sees inflation risks from oil prices

31/03/2005 09:47 Papademos "cautiosly optimistic" about economic growth, to recover more strongly in 2005

31/03/2005 09:48 ECB's Papademos says Stability pact changes are only one element that can affect prices

31/03/2005 09:55 Dollar Treads Cautiously Ahead Of Heavy Data

31/03/2005 10:02 UK March house prices -0.6%м/м, +7.9%y/y

31/03/2005 10:04 German Feb seas. adj employment +9,000м/м

31/03/2005 10:05 Tokyo's Nikkei average unofficially ends up 0.89% аt 11,668.95 pоints

31/03/2005 10:17 Tokyo Stocks Open Higher; Dollar Down Against Yen, Up Vs Euro

31/03/2005 10:46 French March consumer confidence index falls to -25 vs -23 in February

31/03/2005 10:47 German March adj jobless +92,000 to 4.967 mln

31/03/2005 10:47 German March adj jobless rate 12.0%

31/03/2005 10:48 German March seas adj vacancies +23,000m/m

31/03/2005 10:48 Germany: cold weather exaggerated adj jobless rise by some 50,000

31/03/2005 10:49 French Feb unemployment at 10/1%, unch from Jan

31/03/2005 10:51 French 2004 GDP +2.4%y/y, revised from +2.3%

31/03/2005 10:52 French Q4 2004 GDP +0.9%q/q, revised from +0.8%

31/03/2005 10:58 French Industry Min says feb jobless rate is "very bad" figure

31/03/2005 10:58 French Industry Min says believes it is possible to cut jobless rate by 10% in 2005

31/03/2005 11:03 Swiss National Bank offers repo funds at 0.65%

31/03/2005 11:05 Spanish inflation-adjusted retail sales +1.1%y/y in Feb

31/03/2005 11:28 САС 40 index up 31.52 points to 4,096.13 points

31/03/2005 11:29 DAX index up 26.83 points to 4,374.3 points

31/03/2005 11:30 FTSE 100 index up 30.40 points to 4,931.10 points

31/03/2005 11:33 German Feb plant, equipment orders +11%y/y - VDMA

31/03/2005 11:36 U.S. Dollar Lower Against Yen in Asian Trading on Profit-Taking

31/03/2005 11:56 German March unadj jobless -41,000m/m to 5.176 mln

31/03/2005 11:57 German March unadj jobless rate 12.5% vs 12.6% in Feb

31/03/2005 11:57 German March seas adj jobless rate 12.0% vs 11.7% in Feb

31/03/2005 12:04 Italy Jan wage inflation +0.8%m/m, +4.0%y/y

31/03/2005 12:04 Italy Feb wage inflation +0.1%m/m, +3.4%y/y

31/03/2005 12:34 UK Feb consumer credit +1.689 bln stg vs +2.411 bln stg in Jan

31/03/2005 12:35 UK Feb mortgage lending +7.224 bln stg vs +7.071 bln stg in Jan

31/03/2005 12:35 UK Feb No of mortgage approvals 85,000 vs 82,000 in Jan

31/03/2005 13:01 French Govt to speed up measures to reduce unemployment

31/03/2005 13:04 Italy March prelim EU harmonized CPI +1.2%м/м, +2.1%y/y

31/03/2005 13:04 Italy March prelim non-harmonized CPI +0.3%м/м, +1.9%y/y

31/03/2005 13:15 Eurozone March inflation estimated at 2.1%y/y unch from February

31/03/2005 13:17 Eurozone March economic sentiment falls to 97.4 vs 98.8 in February

31/03/2005 13:18 Eurozone March industry sentiment -8 vs -6 in February

31/03/2005 13:18 Eurozone March services sentiment 9 vs 10 in February

31/03/2005 13:19 French Govt euro strength and high oil price are weighing on European growth and job creation

31/03/2005 13:20 French Govt euro strength and high oil price will not have lasting dampening effect on growth

31/03/2005 13:27 Tokyo Stocks Rebound on Wall Street's Overnight Rally; Dollar Lower Against Yen, Up Vs. Euro

31/03/2005 13:39 UK Gfk consumer confidence index at +1 in March vs 0 in Feb

31/03/2005 14:25 Japan MoF Watanabe says expects oil prices to be topic at April G7 meeting

31/03/2005 14:29 U.S. Dollar Continues Slip Against Euro As Markets Awaited U.S. Economic Data

31/03/2005 14:57 Dollar, Bond Yields Slip But Shares Up

31/03/2005 15:47 Dollar Mixed Against Other Major Currencies in European Trading; Gold Rises

31/03/2005 15:51 ОРЕК says has moved date of next meeting from June 7 to June 15

31/03/2005 16:13 Dollar Continues to Slip As Markets Await U.S. Economic Data Due Later in Week

31/03/2005 16:30 Unemployment Woes Continue to Dog Europe but Not the Euro

31/03/2005 17:35 US jobless claims rose to 350,000 March wk 26 from rev 330,000 prior wk

31/03/2005 17:36 US Feb personal income +0.3% vs -2.5% in Jan

31/03/2005 17:36 US Feb personal spending +0.5% vs +0.1% in Jan

31/03/2005 17:37 US Feb PCE price index +0.3% vs Jan +0.2%

31/03/2005 17:38 US Feb core PCE +0.2% vs Jan +0.3%

31/03/2005 17:38 US Feb personal savings rate 0.6% vs Jan 0.8%

31/03/2005 17:39 US Feb real consumer spending +0.3% vs Jan -0.1%

31/03/2005 17:39 Canada Jan GDP +0.2% vs Dec (unrev at 0.2%)

31/03/2005 17:41 Unemployment Woes Continue to Dog Europe but Not the Euro

31/03/2005 17:44 London Brent crude rises $2.06 tо $54.15

31/03/2005 17:44 US crude oil futures rise $1.20 tо $55.19 on supply worries