Archiv für den Monat: August 2021
Öffentliche Aufträge: Reaktionen auf Fluten, Pandemien und andere Krisen: Bund fordert von EU Reform des Vergaberechts
Home Depot shares tumble despite earnings beat, retailer rang up fewer customers as DIY trends weaken
Home Depot’s same-store sales came in slightly short of Wall Street estimates, as fewer people visited its shops to buy items for do-it-yourself projects.
Chinese electric scooter company Niu shakes off pandemic slump and predicts strong sales ahead
Niu said Monday that revenue grew by 46.5% in the second quarter, and forecast it would grow at about the same pace — or better — in the third quarter.
Markets Week Ahead: S&P 500, Gold Prices, US Dollar, FOMC Minutes, NZD/USD, RBNZ Rate Hike?
The S&P 500 gained as gold prices recovered from a flash crash early last week. A drop in Treasury yields on Friday sank the US Dollar. Will an RBNZ rate hike further bolster the New Zealand Dollar?
Markets Week Ahead: S&P 500, Gold Prices, US Dollar, FOMC Minutes, NZD/USD, RBNZ Rate Hike?
The S&P 500 gained as gold prices recovered from a flash crash early last week. A drop in Treasury yields on Friday sank the US Dollar. Will an RBNZ rate hike further bolster the New Zealand Dollar?
Cable nears key support as pound among the laggards on the day
GBP/USD down 0.4% to below 1.3800 on the day
The only thing I can really point towards is a technical move with GBP/USD keeping lower after failing to breach its 200-hour moving average at around 1.3867 yesterday, and also with GBP/JPY breaking below the 3 August support at 151.17.
The only thing I can really point towards is a technical move with GBP/USD keeping lower after failing to breach its 200-hour moving average at around 1.3867 yesterday, and also with GBP/JPY breaking below the 3 August support at 151.17.
Japan extends state of emergency measures until 12 September, seven more prefectures included
As confirmed by Japanese prime minister, Yoshihide Suga
The existing measures cover Tokyo and five other prefectures (Osaka, Chiba, Saitama, Kanagawa, and Okinawa) with an expansion to seven other prefectures that were previously under a quasi-state of emergency – that being Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Shizuoka, Kyoto, Hyogo and Fukuoka.
The existing measures cover Tokyo and five other prefectures (Osaka, Chiba, Saitama, Kanagawa, and Okinawa) with an expansion to seven other prefectures that were previously under a quasi-state of emergency – that being Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Shizuoka, Kyoto, Hyogo and Fukuoka.