Everyone know that the U.K. economy, retailers in particular, receive a major boost from sales during the Black Friday.
While analysts are trying to assess a potential effect of the stimulus programme on the world's largest economy and some sceptics expressing their concerns over whether QE was need or not at all, stock markets are displaying very bright images for the United States.
It was a relatively good year for Europe, as it has emerged from its longest-ever recession in the second quarter, while separate countries are recovering as well.
According to Dukascopy Currency Index the New Zealand Dollar advanced 4.70% versus the basket of other major currencies during the last 130 days.
Despite low trading volumes the USD/JPY currency pair is climbing higher, as the Yen hit a five-year low at 104.83 versus the buck on Thursday, heating up speculations the pair can rally further next year.
The U.K. will leapfrog Germany to become the largest economy in Europe by 2030, the recent survey from the Centre for Economics and Business Research showed Thursday.
On December 18 Ben Bernanke has announced the tapering of the Federal Reserve's stimulus programme by $10 billion per month starting January.
The Eurozone economy is strengthening and fears of another recession have eased after the latest positive data. Moreover, the strength of the single currency is reflecting optimistic changes in investors' attitude towards the 17-nation bloc.
April is likely to become a determinative month for the Yen, as this year Kuroda announced his unprecedented stimulus programme in April, while in 2014 he can inject more liquidity into financial system in the same month.
The number of mortgages approved rocketed more than initially was expected in November. The average house has added more than 12,000 pounds of its value during the year.
A 0.5% increase in household spending helped the world's largest economy to expand at a solid pace at the end of 2013.
Germany, Europe's largest economy, has been a locomotive for the whole 17-nation bloc during the last years.
The Canadian Dollar inched higher versus its American counterpart, advancing 0.34% to 1.0596 following the report from Statistics Canada, showing the economy posted stronger-than-expected growth in October.
The Alpine country is likely to build up steam in 2014, as UBS consumption indicator improved in November, supporting more positive outlook from the government.
It seems that the 2014 year will bring many reforms and changes to the U.K. housing market.
It has been a nervous, but positive year for the United States economy.
Austerity measures and reforms have been put under scrutiny as they showed little effect during the financial crisis.
Inflation is characterised by a sustained and rapid growth in prices, as measured by indicators like Consumer Price Index or Producer Price Index over months or years.
It was not a surprise the Japanese central bank kept monetary policy steady during the meeting on Friday, as well as maintaining the view the domestic economy is improving moderately.
The U.K. economy has posted a 0.8% growth in the third quarter, unchanged after the final revision, while the economic expansion between Q3 2012 and the same period this year stood at the upwardly revised 1.9%, or 0.4% higher than the previous estimate.
Finally, this nervous week is over. Investors can now breath out, as the Fed began tapering its stimulus.
Amid optimism about recently-agreed deal on the banking union and some positive trends in economic indicators, analysts started to believe the economy is in a better stance than the ECB has stated.
Disappointment. This is how the market reaction on the FOMC meeting this week can be described.
There have been a lot of prerequisites to suggest the New Zealand economy has a great potential to speed up in the third quarter, and the report from Statistics New Zealand surprised markets on the upside.