US: Factory Orders rise 3.0% in February

FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - Factory orders rose 3.0% in February, which was higher than the 2.9% expected. January data was revised higher, from -2.0% to -1.0%.

Apr 2, 2013

Forex Flash: Italian politics still locked in stalemate - Societe Generale

Sebastien Galy, Senior FX Strategist at Societe Generale notes that for all the recent European drama, Italian politics are still locked in stalemate.

US: IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism rises to 46.2 in April

Economic optimism by IBD/TIPP came a little higher than expected, rising from 42.2 to 46.2 for the April report, beating the 46.1 consensus but still below the 50.0 threshold.