Turbo Growth in Japan

The world's third-largest economy is picking up speed for real , thanks to massive fiscal and monetary easing.

Japan, the world's third largest economy after the U.S. and China is well on its way into the economic recovery, such as Europe and U.S. have been yearning for for years.

Currency: Euro strengthened on ECB comments

The European Central Bank on Thursday kept the benchmark interest rate on the main refinancing operations at 0.75 percent. This was not a surprise from the ECB as the only few individual analysts and economists had expected a reduction in European interest rates.

Bond purchase of 40 billion dollar a month

The Fed, sets in motion a large-scale purchases of mortgage bonds and ratchets up the printing press. Moreover Operation Twist continues.

Currency: Quiet market opens up new opportunities

The players in the international currency markets is again Tuesday extremely reluctant to take new positions on the books. But the quiet markets is not so bad that it's not good for something.

Europe: Marginal fluctuations without actual trend

The European stock markets closed Monday with marginal losses. Investors were unsure of the direction of the market should, and risk appetite was again up for debate.

The weekend's weak economic data from China and Japan suggest a slowdown in global growth, and new initiatives from the Chinese authorities can become a reality, just as the Federal Reserve, monetary policy meeting Thursday may result in additional quantitative easing to increase growth and specifically employment.

Moody's: EU credit in the balance

The credit rating of the EU is in danger of being lowered.

The rating agency Moody's said that it has changed its outlook for the current assessment of the EU in a negative direction. It is usually a warning that creditworthiness will soon be downgraded.