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Euro zone Dec loan rates rise despite ECB rate cut
Euro zone household mortgage rates as well as rates on corporate loans rose in December despite the European Central Bank's cut in official rates, ECB data showed on Thursday. The central bank cut interest rates for the ...
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Japan finmin prods BOJ on QE as yen in danger zone
The economics minister also called on the central bank to ensure that real interest rates remain low as the US Federal Reserve's commitment to keep its nominal benchmark rate near zero for nearly three more years pushes the dollar lower against the yen ...
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Europe Factors-Shares set to dip; EU summit eyed
The euro zone's blue chip Euro STOXX 50 index has surged nearly 12 percent over the past six weeks, boosted by rising hopes the worst of the euro zone crisis could be behind. At a summit on Monday, EU leaders will sign off on a permanent rescue fund ...
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EUR/JPY, USD/JPY Flows: PM Noda in Davos: To Continue Investing In EFSF Bonds
PM Noda, speaking by video link said " "Japan ardently wishes for the stabilization of the economy and finance in the European Union." Japan stands ready to help resolve the crisis as soon as possible. Japan has already helped by investing in EFSF ...
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US Fed Reserve interest rate news sees gold hit 7-Week high
The US Federal Reserve's announcement to keep interest rates as low as possible until at least 2014, one year later than previously promised, prompted investors to buy gold. INVESTMENT DEMAND to buy gold continued to push wholesale prices higher ...
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U.S. Dollar Index Holds Trendline Support, Aussie Overbought
However, as the economic docket is expected to show the US expanding at a faster pace during the last three-months of 2011, the advanced 4Q GDP report could prop up the dollar, and the reserve currency should regain its footing over the near-term as ...
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Dollar Drops to Five-Week Low Versus Euro on Fed; Real Rises
The Canadian dollar strengthened to parity with the greenback for the first time since November. Brazil's real was the best performer against the dollar after the unemployment rate fell to a record low. The Fed's statement reinforced trends that were ...
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Euro Gains for First Time in Seven Weeks as Debt Concern Falls
The Federal Reserve is projected to keep its benchmark interest rate target unchanged at a policy meeting next week. The development with European borrowing costs, how they continued their descent, that took some pressure off the single currency, ...
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Euro tests upside as short-covering continues
The euro pushed higher in Asia on Thursday after ...
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Gold and Silver Prices Find Their Footing
IT WOULD SEEM gold and silver have found their footing at the start of 2012, notes Gene Arensberg's GotGoldReport. Last week gold logged a $22.37 (1.4%) advance for a last trade of $1638.68 (USD Cash Market). Here at GotGoldReport we have adopted the ...
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Aussie and Kiwi rally in risk-off Asia
AUD/USD has just risen to 1.0300 from an earlier low of 1.0226, having gained 0.62% so far on the day in a decidedly 'risk on' trading environment. NZD/USD is also gaining ground, having broken above resistance in the ...
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Australian Dollar Outlook - 09 January 2012
We would normally expect the AUD to strengthen further on news like this but AUD has drifted lower as the negative sentiment form Europe weighed on markets as bond yields continued to rise and underlying economic data was negative. ...


