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Marc Chandler has been covering the global capital markets in one fashion or another for more than 25 years, working at economic consulting firms and global investment banks. Chandler attended North Central College for undergraduate work, where he majored in political science and the humanities. ...more

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Great Graphic: US Corporate Taxes, Inversions And Surplus Savings
Walgreen's decision to go ahead an buy the 55% of Alliance-Boosts that it does not own, but not move their headquarters may mark the beginning of the end of the so-called inversion boom.
Greenback Remains Firm
The US dollar remains firm following the much stronger than expected service PMI yesterday, heightened concerns around Ukraine and uninspiring European data.
Great Graphic: Wages And Productivity
We live in a brave new world. Never before have the major central banks so strongly advocated higher wages.
Services PMIs In Focus
The service PMIs have provided sufficient incentives to widen the currency ranges seen yesterday, though the net change is modest.
Great Graphic: Leading Industry Employer By State 1990 And 2013
This Great Graphic was posted by Rani Molla of Wall Street Journal. It draws on Bureau of Labor Statistics data to show the industry with the highest employment by state. There is a snapshot from 1990 and from 2013.
Markets Look For Direction
Most of the capital markets action here at the start of the week fall into one of two buckets. The first bucket is consolidation. Through the European morning, the most actively traded currency pair, the euro-dollar--is confined to less than 20-ticks.
Some Thoughts About The Week Ahead
Four central banks meet in the week ahead, and non-manufacturing purchasing managers surveys will be reported.
Pause In US Dollar Rally
The US dollar had looked like it was finally finding traction. The euro was at its lowest level since last November.
Great Graphic: Asian PMIs
It is the beginning of the month and a new data cycle. It starts with manufacturing PMI reports. ThisGreat Graphic was tweeted by Markit, but also draws on data from Japan's Materials Management Association and HSBC.
Muted Market Reaction To Job Data Disappointment
The US employment data was disappointing. The short-term market had been leaning the wrong way. The recent data had fanned hopes that the labor market was accelerating, but today’s data suggest the pace of improvement has not changed.
PMI And Jobs As Stocks And Bonds Move Lower
The purchasing managers manufacturing surveys are the main economic news of the day thus far. Attention now turns to the US employment data.
Great Graphic: US Jobs By Region And State
This Great Graphic was created by ADP based on their surveys of the private sector. There are only three US states that have not grown jobs over the past six month, Connecticut, Arizona and Utah.
Great Graphic: Dissents At The Federal Reserve
When looking for a pattern among the regional Fed, remember that outside of the NY Fed, the other regional presidents rotate as voting members on the FOMC.
Dollar Remains Firm, Equities Slide
There have been important developments over the past 24 hours, and the net response has been a generally firmer US dollar and weaker equity markets.
Four Recent Posts About The Dollar And Its Rivals
Does the crisis, the rise of China or the BRICS, represent a challenge to US in general and the role of the dollar in particular? I have posted four essays recently that were explored a vexing issue.
Great Graphic: ECB's Bank Lending Survey Results
he ECB reported its Q2 bank lending survey results today and there was much good news.
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