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Factory Orders
Measures the value of new purchase orders placed with domestic manufacturers for durable and ...

Fast Market
Rapid movement in a market caused by strong interest by buyers and/or sellers. In such ...

Fed Chairman Bernanke Speaks
The Fed Governor Ben Shalom Bernanke was born in 1953. He graduated from Harvard University and a ...

Fed Chairman Bernanke Testifies
Ben Bernake, US federal reserve chairman will be testifying before a house panel regarding ...

Fed Governor Kohn Speaks
Federal Reserve Governor and FOMC voting member Donald Kohn will speak at the Council on Foreign of ...

Fed Governor Kroszner Speaks
Federal Reserve Governor and FOMC voting member Randall Kroszner will speak about risk management ...

Fed Governor Mishkin Speaks
Federal Reserve Governor and FOMC voting member Frederic Mishkin will speak about Federal Reserve ...

Fed Governor Warsh Speaks
Federal Reserve Governor and FOMC voting member Kevin Warsh will speak about "Financial Market ...

Federal Budget Balance
The federal budget balance is presented by the US President to the congress with a proposal for ...

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
The regulatory agency responsible for administering bank depository insurance in the US. ...

Fill
The process of completing a customer's order to buy or sell a currency pair.

Fill price
The price at which a buy or sell order was executed.

Final Deflator Annualized
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Deflator measures the annualized quarterly implied rate of ...

Final GDP Annualized
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measures the total value of all goods and services produced by the ...

Flat/square
Dealer jargon used to describe a position that has been completely reversed, e.g. you bought ...

FOMC
Federal Open Market Committee, the committee that sets money supply targets in the US which tend to ...

FOMC Meeting Minutes
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Meeting Minutes are a detailed record of the committee's ...

FOMC Member Fisher Speaks
FOMC or The Federal Open Market Committee conduct 8 meetings a year. They determine the appropriate ...

Foreign Exchange - - Forex, FX
the simultaneous buying of one currency and selling of another.

Foreign Securities Purchases
Measures the monthly value of domestic securities, debt, and assets purchased by foreigners. A ...

Forward
The pre-specified exchange rate for a foreign exchange contract settling at some agreed future ...

Forward points
The pips added to or subtracted from the current exchange rate to calculate a forward price.

FPI
The Food Price Index (FPI) measures the rate of inflation for food and food services. FPI can give ...

French Consumer Spending
Measures the total amount spent by consumers on goods and services. A rising trend has a positive ...

French CPI
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the rate of inflation (i.e., the rate of price changes) ...

French GDP
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measures the total value of all goods and services produced by the ...

French Government Budget Balance
Measures the difference between the central government's monthly income and spending. A positive ...

French Industrial Production
Measures the total value of output produced by factories, mines, and utilities. A rising trend has ...

French Non-Farm Payrolls
This report provides the number of paid employees in the county's business and finance ...

French Nonfarm Employment
Measures the change in number of employed people during the previous month. A rising trend has a ...

French PMI
This monthly survey, established by the Project Management Institute, helps gauge the services of ...

French Trade Balance
 Measures the difference in value between imported and exported goods and services. A positive ...

Fundamental analysis
Analysis of economic and political information with the objective of determining future movements ...

Futures Contract
An obligation to exchange a good or instrument at a set price on a future date. The primary ...

 
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