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Euro Declines Against Majors The euro drifted lower against its major counterparts in early New York deals on Thursday, as continued sell-off in commodities sapped demand for riskier assets, while a decline in Eurozone bond yields weighed...

US Stocks Appear on Track for Third Straight Loss US stocks fell in early trading as investors considered a possibility of an early rate hike amid weak economic data and falling oil prices. At the time of writing, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) was down 0.48% or 83 points...

Fed’s Bullard - Fed is Going Up Very Slowly on Interest Rates Fed’s Bullard is back on the wires extending his previous hawkish talk by saying the Fed is going up very slowly on interest rates...

Hawkish Bullard and Weak US Data Fail to Move Cable Hawkish comments from Bullard and weak US data may have pushed USD/JPY lower, but failed to trigger a major reaction in the GBP/USD pair, which continues to trade largely unaffected above 1.41 handle...

USD/CAD Challenges Highs Near 1.33, Oil Plummets The greenback remains on a firmer footing vs. its Canadian neighbour on Thursday, now lifting USD/CAD to fresh peaks in the 1.3280/85 band...

Gold Recovers Losses, but Hawkish Fed Speak Caps Gains Gold managed to recovery losses, but is having a hard time turning positive on the day as Fed’s Bullard joined “rate hike could happen sooner” bandwagon. Hovers around $1220/Oz Prices recovered from the one-month low of $1212...

EUR/USD Muted Post-US PMI, Around 1.1160 Nothing new around EUR/USD following today’s Services PMI in the US economy, keeping the negative ground in the 1.1160/50 band so far. EUR/USD now looks to US Q4 GDP The pair kept the composure after flash US Services PMI has returned above the 50...

ECB Says Eurozone's Moderate Recovery Damped By External Developments Euro area economic recovery is set to continue at a moderate pace as global concerns such as the emerging market slowdown and a stronger euro weaken prospects for stronger expansion, the European Central Bank said in its latest...

U.S. Durable Goods Orders Fall Slightly Less Than Expected In February After reporting a significant rebound in new orders for U.S...

Singapore Finmin Sees Slower Growth; Unveils Industry Transformation Programme Singapore Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said the economy faces strong headwinds from the weakness in the global economy but there is no reason to be overly pessimistic...

U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Show Modest Increase First-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits saw a modest increase in the week ended March 19th, according to a report released by the Labor Department on Thursday...

Dollar Slides After Durable Goods Orders, Jobless Claims Data The U.S. durable goods orders for February and jobless claims for the week ended March 19 have been released at 8:30 am ET Thursday. After these data, the greenback slipped against its key counterparts. The greenback was trading at 1...

Turkish Lira Slides To 8-day Low Against U.S. Dollar After Turkey Rate Cut The Turkish Lira lost ground against the U.S...

British Retail Sales Drop As Cold Weather Dampens Clothing Demand U.K. retail sales declined at a slower than expected pace in February after recording the fastest growth in more than two years, as poor weather delayed clothing purchases. Retail sales volume dropped 0...

Gold Drops Near $1220 Ahead Of Durable Goods Gold futures continued to turn lower Thursday morning as a stronger U.S. dollar hurt most commodities. Traders will be keeping an eye on a flurry of US economic data in hopes of clarity on whether the Federal Reserve will soon raise interest rates...

Taiwan Cuts Interest Rates For Third Time Taiwan's central bank lowered its benchmark interest rate for a third successive policy session, in a bid to support the sluggish economic recovery and boost subdued inflation expectations. Policymakers cut the benchmark discount rate by 12...

Crude Oil Tumbling After Huge Inventories Build Crude oil futures fell Thursday morning as the US dollar continued to strengthen versus major rivals. US crude inventories unexpectedly jumped yet again last week, defying speculation that the nation's supply glut may have eased. The U.S...

Russian Ruble Slides To Weekly Low Against U.S. Dollar The Russian Ruble drifted lower against the U.S. dollar in European trading on Thursday, as oil prices declined on Fed rate hike fears and as official data showed large build in crude oil inventories last week...

U.K. Retailers Expect Sales Volume To Improve: CBI British retailers expect retail sales volume to accelerate next month, the latest Distributive Trades Survey from the Confederation of British Industry showed Thursday...

Pound Off Lows Against Majors The pound trimmed its early losses against the other major currencies in Europe on Thursday. The pound recovered to 0.7899 against the euro and 1.3784 against the franc, from its early 15-month low of 0.7946 and a 2-month low of 1.3720, respectively...