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On Wednesday the dollar reached a two-month peak against the yen and extended its gains vs the euro in Asia trade, boosted by positive U.S. data and comments suggesting a front-loading of European Central Bank bond purchases...
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News, 20 May 2015, 08:46 #Nikkei, GDP, FOMC
On Tuesday the dollar strengthened broadly against its peers, as soft data from the euro zone and the U.K. undermined market sentiment and as market players awaited the Federal Reserve's upcoming policy statement...
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News, 19 May 2015, 14:24 #ECB, forex news, Fed
On Monday the greenback was moderately higher against the yen in Asia, supported by a bout of buying early in the session that ultimately failed to gather wider momentum...
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News, 18 May 2015, 09:37 #Bank of Japan, FOMC
By Brent Radcliffe AAA | Since the early 1990s, there have been many cases of currency investors who have been caught off guard, which lead to runs on currencies and capital flight. What makes currency investors and international financiers respond and act like this...
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Francis Dogbe, 16 May 2015, 13:38
"The euro rally has continued today despite more stable German bond markets, suggesting the move is being driven by a weaker dollar," Barclays wrote in a note on Thursday...
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News, 14 May 2015, 14:42 #GDP, forex news, EUR/USD
Generally speaking, if the U.S. equity market like S&P 500 and Dow Jones is rising, then foreign investment dollars will flock the U.S. equity market by leaps and bounds pumping the U.S. dollar higher...
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Sergey Golubev, 14 May 2015, 12:11 #S&P 500
On Thursday the dollar continued its decline, pressing a benchmark index to the lowest level since the beginning of the year, as recent soft U.S. data spur speculation the Fed will delay the rate hike...
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News, 14 May 2015, 11:03 #dollar index, forex news
On Thursday the Aussie dollar rose to three-and-a-half month highs against its U.S. peer, as Wednesday's U.S. retail sales report continued to dampen the sentiment for the dollar...
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News, 14 May 2015, 09:33 #AUD/NZD, forex news, Fed
On Wednesday the euro reached one-week highs against the broadly weaker dollar as downbeat U.S. economic reports released earlier added to concerns over the outlook for second quarter growth after a sharp slowdown in the first quarter...
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News, 13 May 2015, 16:33 #forex news, Fed, usd/jpy
On Wednesday the greenback edged lower vs counterparts, after data indicated that U.S. retail sales rose less than expected in April, adding to the recent series of soft data and to concerns over the strength of the economy...
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News, 13 May 2015, 14:55 #Bank of England, forex news
On Wednesday the dollar was broadly lower against its peers, as markets awaited U.S. data on retail sales due later in the trading session. Sterling erased its gains after the Bank of England cut its growth forecast for 2015...
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News, 13 May 2015, 13:34 #forex news, usd/cad, usd/jpy
On Wednesday sterling climbed to fresh five-month highs against the U.S. dollar, after data indicated that U.K. unemployment rate dropped to a six-and-a-half year low in April. Sentiment for the greenback remained fragile...
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News, 13 May 2015, 11:29 #eur/gbp, forex news, GBP/USD
On Tuesday the greenback edged lower versus its major rivals amid a renewed selloff in European government bond and stock markets. Euro was sent soaring...
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News, 12 May 2015, 13:06 #forex news, usd/jpy
On Tuesday the pound rose to five-month highs against the dollar after data indicated that in March U.K. industrial output grew at the fastest rate in half a year, easing concerns that the country's economic growth is contracting...
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News, 12 May 2015, 11:37 #IMF, eur/gbp, forex news
On The euro pushed higher against the dollar on Tuesday after Greece repaid a loan installment to the International Monetary Fund. However, markets are still concerned about the Greek financial situation...
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News, 12 May 2015, 09:07 #IMF, eur/gbp, forex news
The dollar pulled back from session highs but remained supported by Friday's U.S. employment data and as trading was expected to remain quiet with no major U.S. data to be released throughout the day...
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News, 11 May 2015, 17:06 #AUD/NZD, IMF, forex news
On Monday the greenback was broadly higher against its peers, as the dollar was supported after Friday's U.S. employment data...
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News, 11 May 2015, 13:16 #Bank of England, forex news
On Monday the pound slid against its U.S. peer, as markets expected the Bank of England's monetary policy statement due later in the day and as demand for the dollar was broadly bolstered...
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News, 11 May 2015, 11:31 #Bank of England, eur/gbp
On Friday the greenback remained broadly higher against a basket of other major currencies, as data showed that last month the U.S. economy created slightly less jobs than expected, while unemployment declined in line with market expectations...
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News, 8 May 2015, 15:48 #AUD/NZD, Bank of Japan
A business-friendly government predicted to win near-majority in UK general election as swings to Labour fail to materialise and Lib Dems face huge losses, says the Guardian. The expectations triggered sharp gains for the British pound on Friday. London's FTSE 100 is expected to open above 7000...
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News, 8 May 2015, 08:53 #FTSE 100, GBP/USD