Latest news on ‘Currencies’
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Dollar Falls Versus Major Peers; Aussie, Brazilian Real Climb
Bloomberg – The dollar fell the most in more than a month against the euro as signs manufacturing is expanding in the U.S. and China damped the appeal of safer [...]
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Euro Climbs Above $1.36
WSJ —The euro extended modest gains and the dollar eased further Thursday on better-than-expected U.S. economic data and the German parliament’s approval of financial aid for the euro zone.
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Dollar Rises Toward Six-Month High Versus Yen on Bernanke Inflation View
Bloomberg – The dollar rose toward a six-month high against the yen as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said yesterday inflation must be watched “extremely closely,” spurring bets interest [...]
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Yen Tumbles Most in 6 Months After G-7 Agrees to Coordinate Intervention
Bloomberg – The yen dropped the most in six months against the dollar as Group of Seven nations said they will jointly intervene in foreign-exchange markets for the first time [...]
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Chinese offer yuan to U.S. traders
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) – China is allowing U.S. currency traders to have a crack at its tightly controlled currency, the yuan, but analysts say the move will have more impact [...]
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Euro up vs dollar but Portugal debt sale looms
Reuters – The euro rallied on Tuesday but struggled to hold the session peaks given nervousness over a heavy schedule of debt issuance by southern European countries this week.
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Dollar Falls After Tepid Jobs Data, Gives Up Gains Vs Yen
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–The dollar fell modestly after disappointing U.S. payrolls data in volatile trading Friday morning as investors struggled to digest what the indicator means long term for the [...]
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Colombia’s Peso Falls to Two-Week Low on European Debt Concern
Bloomberg – Colombia’s peso dropped to a two- week low as concern that Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis will spread from Greece and Ireland to other euro-area nations led investors to seek [...]
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Russia Adds Canadian Dollar to Reserves, Eyes Other Currencies
Bloomberg – Russia has started adding the Canadian dollar to its international reserves and may increase those holdings in coming months, said Alexei Ulyukayev, first deputy chairman of Russia’s central [...]
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Dollar Extends Advance Versus Euro After U.S. Adds More Jobs Than Forecast
Blomberg – The dollar advanced from near a nine- month low versus the euro as a government report showed U.S. employers added more jobs than forecast last month, increasing payrolls [...]
