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NZ manufacturing contracts, new orders pick up
New Zealand manufacturing contracted for a second month, led by wood and paper products, though new orders recovered and employment stayed positive, which may signal an end to the gloom.
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Copper, Gold Jump As Dollar Drops; Silver Hits 30-Yr Peak
Copper hit 27-month highs and gold returned to record peaks on Wednesday, propelling a widely watched commodity index to a two-year high as the dollar weakened again on expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will soon start a new round of mon
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The Fed may actually try to raise inflation
You see, the Federal Reserve has pretty much shot all of the bullets in its “interest rate lowering” gun. And that still didn’t get the economy on a solid footing.
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Oil prices rise on eve of OPEC meeting
Oil prices soared on Wednesday on the back of a weak dollar and strong Chinese crude imports as the market waited for this week's crucial OPEC output meeting in Vienna.
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Gold soars to new record, tops 1,370 dollars
Gold futures on the COMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange reached new highs on Wednesday, lifted by a weaker U.S. Dollar and rising inflationary expectations, as investors flocked to the precious metal to hedge the weakening greenbac
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Oil prices soar on weak US dollar
Oil prices soared on Wednesday on the back of a weak dollar and strong Chinese crude imports as the market waited for this week's crucial OPEC output meeting in Vienna.
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Copper at 27-month high as metals rally
Copper rallied on Wednesday to a 27-month top, on expectations of renewed liquidity measures in the United States, the world's largest economy.
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Gold and Commodities Respond to QE2
It took a while, but stock traders have decided they like what they saw from the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s September meeting.
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Dollar opens higher, pushing past 99 US cents
The Australian dollar was higher this morning after touching a fresh 27 year high, after persistent speculation among analysts about the US Federal Reserve's plans for quantitative easing.
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NZ dollar pushes up on weakening $US
The New Zealand dollar got within a whisker of its highest level against the greenback in more than two years, as reaction continued to Federal Reserve meeting minutes which reinforced expectations of more monetary easing in the United States.
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Franc Falls After Hitting Record vs. Dollar, Drops vs. Euro
The Swiss franc slipped today against the euro after Axel Weber said that the European Central Bank should end its bonds-purchase program. The franc also fell after reaching the record high level versus the US dollar.
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EMI rises 18c despite dollar
WOOL prices defied the strengthening Australian dollar with the Eastern Market Indicator rising 18 cents to 893c/kg clean last week.


