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Gold steadies, ETF dips from record

posted by hanazawa 1160 days ago in USD, Gold made popular 1160 days ago

Gold steadied on Tuesday as a dip in the U.S. dollar led investors to buy back the precious metal, which fell more than 1 percent the previous day on a stock market rally.

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PM Brown launches G20 'offensive'

posted by princess 1160 days ago in GBP made popular 1160 days ago

Gordon Brown is to begin a tour to rally support for his plans to tackle the global economic downturn, with an address to the European Parliament.

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UK population must fall to 30m, says Porritt

posted by posh 1160 days ago in GBP made popular 1160 days ago

Jonathon Porritt, one of Gordon Brown’s leading green advisers, is to warn that Britain must drastically reduce its population if it is to build a sustainable society.

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BoJ Minutes: Japan Economy May Recover In 2009 H2

posted by babyblue 1160 days ago in JPY, Fundamental made popular 1160 days ago

The board members of the Bank of Japan suggested that the Japanese economy may begin to recover from the current recession in the second half of this year at the earliest, minutes from the February 18 and 19 monetary policy meeting revealed on Tu

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UK Annual Inflation Forecast To Ease

posted by sassygirl 1160 days ago in GBP, Inflation, Consumer made popular 1160 days ago

A slew of statistical reports are due on Tuesday. Among them, the important ones are French business confidence and UK consumer prices.

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Top 50 Forex Bloggers

posted by sunnyspeaks 1160 days ago in USD made popular 1160 days ago

While differing in style and approach, all of these bloggers are united in their ability to make worthwhile contributions to the domain of currency trading commentary. The following 50 blogs represent the cream of the crop.

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Japan: Aso's next stimulus may top ¥10 trillion

posted by forexbaby 1160 days ago in JPY, GDP made popular 1160 days ago

Prime Minister Taro Aso's next stimulus package may need to exceed ¥10 trillion to bolster an economy heading for its worst postwar recession, analysts say. Aso, whose approval rating has plunged ahead of an election that must be called by Septem

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Deflation returns to UK after nearly 50 years

posted by MrLee 1160 days ago in GBP, Inflation made popular 1160 days ago

Deflation will officially return to Britain today after an absence of nearly 50 years, when government data is expected to show that the retail prices index – the country's broadest measure of inflation – has turned negative.

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Energy stocks join rally; Petro-Canada soars

posted by ColdFire 1160 days ago in Oil

Natural-gas shares led big gains in the energy sector Monday as the two major Canadian energy providers announced a multibillion-dollar deal and as the sector followed the broad market higher.

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Builders vault higher on Treasury plan, home sales

posted by Cittiperth 1160 days ago in USD, Housing

Home-builder stocks soared Monday on hopes the Treasury Department's plan to unclog banks' balance sheets by purging troubled assets will improve credit conditions and set the housing market on the road to recovery.

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US Dollar under pressure as plan for toxic assets revealed

posted by ChocoFudgeCake 1160 days ago in USD

The U.S. dollar pared earlier losses versus major rivals Monday as traders absorbed long-awaited details of the U.S. Treasury Department's plan to remove hundreds of billions of dollars worth of toxic assets from bank balance sheets.

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Gold falls as rising stocks reduce investment appeal

posted by dennis 1160 days ago in Gold

Gold futures fell Monday for a second straight session as rising stocks and crude-oil futures reduced the metal's investment appeal.

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