There is potential for very mixed results following the past week’s German ZEW report, which showed that investors are feeling more confident in current economic conditions, but are becoming increasingly pessimistic about the outlook.

The widespread exodus from risky assets did not leave carry trades unscathed, pushing the yen sharply higher against the spectrum of its major counterparts.

All eyes will be on be on Tuesday’s UK Fourth Quarter Gross Domestic Product growth rate numbers.

Speculators are still using the Swiss franc as a funding currency for the carry trade.

Investors are looking for safety in the wrong places. Sell gold?  Buy the dollar? And bonds?

Consumer spending has held up surprisingly well. But with credit contracting and unemployment high and rising, it can’t continue.

Mike Paulenoff takes a big picture look at the U.S. dollar.

You remember, Japan? It's the country with the 20-year on-again, off-again depression.

Depressions take time.  They go away eventually, but not before they’ve done their work.

Will the government actually increase taxes as much as they say, with unemployment still likely to be at 10%? Or will cooler heads prevail?