If you are just waking up (or getting back from a huge night out…), there are some important items to be aware of from overnight trading – these have been covered on ForexLive as they were happening, and in the wraps … but for the bleary-eyed, here they are again:
- The FOMC Minutes of the December 11 & 12 meeting indicated some members wanted an end to QE, or a diminishing of the program, before the end of 2013 . (Full minutes are here). WSJ article, here: Fed Officials Divided on Bond Buys (Gated – a news search on the headline may turn up something)