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Britain's best at inflation as food and fuel bills soar

posted by morgan 815 days ago in GBP, Inflation, Retail Sales made popular 815 days ago

BRITAIN has the highest inflation rate for food and energy in the western world, new figures show.

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Australian Profits,Manufacturing Gain Ahead of Rate Decision

posted by morgan 818 days ago in AUD, Inflation, Manufacturing made popular 818 days ago

Australian company profits increased for the first time in five quarters and manufacturing expanded at the fastest pace since 2007, strengthening the case for the central bank to resume raising interest rates tomorrow.

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End of the Day Forex Trading Pros and Cons

posted by morgan 818 days ago in Special made popular 817 days ago

One of the trading styles a Forex trader can choose to take is end of the day trading. This style involves getting in front of the Forex charts once a trading day is over and looking for trading opportunities for the next day of trading.

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EUR/USD firmer on continued short covering

posted by morgan 821 days ago in USD, EUR made popular 821 days ago

EUR/USD sits at 1.3590, up from a North American close Thursday down around 1.3545. Steady sovereign purchases yesterday seem to have prompted a bout of short covering. The move comes despite a report in the WSJ entitled “Hedge funds trying ’c

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Debenhams turns to Europe as retail sales slump in UK

posted by morgan 822 days ago in EUR, GBP, Retail Sales made popular 822 days ago

DEBENHAMS will consider buying more stores in Europe to offset the tough economic climate in the UK, it said yesterday. The department store chain has 142 outlets in the UK – where retail sales rose at their slowest pace for 15 years during Janua

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Exports are key to economic recovery

posted by morgan 825 days ago in USD, GDP made popular 825 days ago

It's no wonder exports created a rare moment of unity during the speech. As prime export markets, "Emerging economies are going to lead the world out of these economic doldrums," Fred Hochberg, the chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank

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Forex Options Trading – Essential of Forex Trading Knowledge

posted by morgan 825 days ago in Special, Trading Psychology

It was a strange sight in the past to witness customers exchanging stacks of money with their agents at public places such as the international bus terminus, prominent official buildings or even at the airports. These agents were prepared to sell

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Price drop means low interest rates

posted by morgan 827 days ago in USD, Inflation made popular 826 days ago

The Federal Reserve seems likely to keep interest rates at record lows for several more months after news Friday that consumer prices excluding food and energy fell in January.

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Oil nears 80 dollars on Fed rate increase

posted by morgan 827 days ago in USD, Oil made popular 827 days ago

Oil prices rallied to near 80 U.S. dollars a barrel on Friday as investors took Fed's increasing overnight loan rates as a sign of the strength of economic recovery.

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Strong Dollar Hurts U.S. Exports

posted by morgan 831 days ago in USD, GDP

The dollar has surged to an 8-month high against the euro, and is also rising against other major currencies. If it keeps strengthening, that could damage the already fragile U.S. economic recovery.

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Euro entry would have cost UK jobs

posted by morgan 832 days ago in EUR, GBP, Employment made popular 832 days ago

BRITAIN’S unemployment rate would be twice as high as it is now if former prime minister Tony Blair had taken Britain into the euro, a leading think tank has claimed.

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Fundamental Outlook for US Dollar: Bullish

posted by morgan 834 days ago in USD, Fundamental

The US Dollar finally showed signs of a noteworthy recovery and potential bottom against the Euro and other major currencies on a clearly eventful week of trading. Better-than-expected Non Farm Payrolls results and a relatively steady stream of p

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