Tag: Euro to US dollar

U.S GDP Q2 2012 Revised Up to 1.7%

U.S. GDP 2012 Q1 update 2009-2012 US GDP second Q2012 (percent) August 2012

The bureau of economic analysis published today August 29th its second estimate of the growth rate of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product for the second quarter of 2012. According to the recent update U.S output of goods and services growth…

U.S GDP Q2 2012 Rose by only 1.5%

The bureau of economic analysis published today July 26th its first estimate of the growth rate of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product for the second quarter of 2012. According to the recent update U.S output of goods and services expanded…

U.S GDP Q1 2012 was revised Down to 1.9%

The bureau of economic analysis published today May 31st its second estimate of the growth rate of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product for the first quarter of 2012. According to the recent update U.S output of goods and services expanded…

ECB Kept Interest Rate at 1.00% – January 12

 As expected the European Central Bank kept the basic interest rate at 1.00% after ECB had cut the rate in twice in the past couple of months. President of ECB, Mario Draghi continues to call for structural reforms in EU…

ECB Cut Interest Rate to 1.00% – December 8

As expected the European Central Bank lower again its basic interest rate by 0.25 percent points from 1.25% to 1.00%. This announcement clearly shows a paradigm shift in ECB’s way of thinking as the ECB seems more concerned and involved…

ECB Cut Interest Rate to 1.25% – November 3

As expected the European Central Bank lower its basic interest rate by 0.25 percent points from 1.5% to 1.25%.  Mario Draghi, President of ECB, in his first rate decision press conference followed through with the expectations of the market and…

ECB Left Interest Rate Unchanged at 1.5% – October 6

Despite the high expectation that the European Central Bank will lower its basic interest rate, Jean-Claude Trichet, President of ECB, wasn’t pressured and decided to keep the interest rate unchanged at 1.5%; Jean-Claude Trichet, in his last ECB rate decision…