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Sterling Slides Following Downbeat Commentary from Lawmakers

The pound sterling is weaker on Monday following suggestions that the IMF could once again downgrade its global economic forecast, coupled with more downbeat commentary from lawmakers.In an interview with German newspaper Handelsblatt, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said global economic forecasts would be lowered again as the recession continues to take its toll. He also called for swifter action to clean up bank balance sheets.According to the Financial Times, UK Chancellor Alistair Darling plans to admit

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Yen Higher After IMF Threatens to Cut Global Forecasts Again

(CEP New) - The yen is stronger on Monday after some downbeat commentary from the International Monetary Fund over the weekend threatening to downgrade its global economic forecasts once again.In an interview with German newspaper Handelsblatt, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said global economic forecasts would be lowered again as the recession continues to take its toll on nations around the globe. He also called for swifter action to clean up bank balance sheets.On Saturday, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said

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Fed's Bullard Says Inflation is "Real Possibility"

Deflation is a real possibility in the current environment, according to St. Louis Fed President James Bullard, while speaking at an event hosted by the French Central Bank in Paris on Friday.The central banker said that if people begin to anticipate negative inflation due to a longer-than-expected global recession, the phenomenon could spark a downward spiral in prices, resulting in a deflationary environment.In January, the Federal Reserve projected GDP in the United States will decline between 0.5%

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Fed's Hoenig Calls for Regulation Based on Rules, Not Principles

New regulations adopted in the wake of the current economic crisis should be based on rules rather than principles, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Thomas Hoenig argued on Thursday.In order to protect the financial system from a similar economic crisis in the future, Hoenig said, regulation must be based on a clear set of simple, understandable and enforceable rules rather that a set of broad principles open to interpretation.Speaking in Lima, Peru, Hoenig also said

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Financial Crisis Creating "Gaping Hole" in Economy, Says ECB's González-Páramo

Frankfurt - While inflation expectations are anchored, the current financial crisis is creating a gaping hole in the real economy, European Central Bank member José Manuel González-Páramo said.This is true not only for the euro area but for large economies at large, González-Páramo said at a conference in Madrid, Spain on Friday.The central banker also noted that some countries within the euro zone were in a weakened financial position due to the crisis. However, he stressed that preserving

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European markets gain on improved economic outlook; Euro and Pound, up and down

FXstreet.com (Barcelona) ? European markets are going through gains on Thursday on improved risk appetite, after the Fed observed an improvement on the global economic outlook. Euro and Pound have moved up and down as they have dropped, after having reached intra-week highs, to the levels they were at the European opening.Eurostoxx 50 index trades 2.0% above its opening level, while German Dax Index gains 2.14% and French CAC Index adds 1.63%. London FTSE is going through gains by 1.89%.On

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ECB's Trichet Sees No Further Need for Stimulus Boost

Frankfurt - Europe isn't in need of further increases in spending to counteract the current global financial crisis, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said.Speaking in an interview with the Wall Street Journal published on Monday, the central banker said that, instead, governments should act more quickly on measures already announced, making partial reference to the delays in the U.S. government's bank rescue.Nothing will really work until the financial sector is back on track and ready to lend

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