Global Economic Outlook: Currency Positioning
A widely anticipated US dollar rally is caught between the proverbial Horns of the Bull, leaving the dollar in grid-lock. Meanwhile, the mainstream media turns up the volume of their cries of market woes – just as the decline pauses for a breather. The CBoE and CFTC release weekly summations of the speculative positioning of various classes of market participants. This week we consider the currency commitment of traders with an eye to understanding the pushes and pulls on the US dollar.
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The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, has warned that the global economic outlook “has darkened significantly,” emphasizing that, regarding a global recession, “we cannot rule it out.”
IMF Says Global Economic Outlook ‘Has Darkened Significantly’
Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), discussed the global economic outlook and the prospect of a global recession in an interview with Reuters Wednesday.
Commenting on the global economy, the IMF....
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